C1C2 Part VI Allocation of housing accommodation

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. VI excluded (20.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2753, reg. 3

Pt. VI modified (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3205, art. 2, Sch. 1

Pt. VI excluded (E.) (3.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/702, reg. 3

Pt. VI excluded (W.) (29.1.2003) by The Allocation of Housing (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/239), reg. 3

Pt. VI excluded (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Allocation of Housing (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2002/3264), reg. 3

C2

Pt. VI modified (1.12.2014 for specified purposes, 1.2.2016 for E. in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(2); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 6(1)(m); S.I. 2016/11, art. 2(m)

F1 Applications for housing accommodation

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

S. 166 and cross-heading substituted (27.1.2003 for W. and 31.1.2003 for E.) for s. 166 by 2002 c. 7, s. 15 (with s. 20(4)); S.I. 2002/1736, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2002/3114, art. 3

166 Applications for housing accommodation

1

A local housing authority shall secure that—

a

advice and information is available free of charge to persons in their district about the right to make an application for an allocation of housing accommodation; and

b

any necessary assistance in making such an application is available free of charge to persons in their district who are likely to have difficulty in doing so without assistance.

F21A

A local housing authority in England shall secure that an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation is informed that he has the rights mentioned in section 166A(9).”, and

2

A local housing authority F3in Wales shall secure that an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation is informed that he has the rights mentioned in section 167(4A).

3

Every application made to a local housing authority for an allocation of housing accommodation shall (if made in accordance with the procedural requirements of the authority’s allocation scheme) be considered by the authority.

4

The fact that a person is an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation shall not be divulged (without his consent) to any other member of the public.

5

In this Part “district” in relation to a local housing authority has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).