The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002

Provision of assistance: supplementary

4.  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.