Provision of assistance: supplementary4.

A local housing authority may not exercise the power conferred by article 3 in any case unless—

(a)

they have adopted a policy for the provision of assistance under that article;

(b)

they have given public notice of the adoption of the policy;

(c)

they have secured that—

(i)

a document in which the policy is set out in full is available for inspection, free of charge, at their principal office at all reasonable times; and

(ii)

copies of a document containing a summary of the policy may be obtained by post (on payment, where a reasonable charge is made, of the amount of the charge); and

(d)

the power is exercised in that case in accordance with that policy.