SCHEDULE 1

PART II ASSUMPTIONS etc.

Housing associations etc.8

1

In a case where the local authority states in the application that the landlord is a housing association or a charity, the rent officer shall assume that the landlord is not such a body.

2

The rent officer shall not take into account the rent under any tenancy where the landlord is a housing association or where the landlord is a charity and the dwelling is provided by the landlord in the pursuit of its charitable purposes.

3

In this paragraph–

  • “charity" has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993 M1, except that it includes a Scottish charity (which has the same meaning as in section 1(7) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 M2); and

  • “housing association" has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 M3.