70.—(1) Unless provided otherwise by these Regulations, any matter required to be determined under these Regulations shall be determined in the first instance by the relevant authority.
(2) The relevant authority shall make a decision on each claim within 14 days of the provisions of regulations 64 and 67 (time and manner in which claims are to be made and evidence and information) being satisfied or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this regulation, in a case where a person—
(a)made the notification specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 within 14 days from the day immediately after the day on which his entitlement to income support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance ceased (“the appropriate day”) and is treated as having claimed an extended payment under regulation 72(2) of those Regulations; and
(b)has made a claim, which meets the requirements of regulation 64(2), (7) and (10), within 14 days of the appropriate day,
the relevant authority shall give priority to that claim over other claims which do not fall within the provisions of this paragraph.