PART 3Payments in respect of a dwelling
F1Substitute determinations or substitute redeterminations17
1
In a case where either—
a
the appropriate authority discovers that an application it has made to the rent officer contained an error in respect of any of the following—
i
the size of the dwelling;
ii
the number of occupiers;
iii
the composition of the household;
iv
the terms of the tenancy; or
b
the rent officer has, in accordance with article 7A(1) or (2) of the Rent Officers Order , notified an appropriate authority of an error he has made (other than in the application of his professional judgement),
the authority shall apply to the rent officer for a substitute determination, substitute redetermination, board and attendance redetermination, substitute board and attendance determination or substitute board and attendance redetermination, as the case may be.
2
In its application to the rent officer the relevant authority shall state the nature of the error and withdraw any previous application relating to the same case for a redetermination or substitute determination or substitute redetermination, which it has made but to which the rent officer has not yet responded.