The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

Determinations

3.—(1) Subject to articles 5 and 6, where a local authority, in accordance with regulations made under section 136(2) or (3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, applies to a rent officer for determinations in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling, a rent officer shall—

(a) make the determinations in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 (determinations);

(b) comply with Part II of Schedule 1 when making the determinations (assumptions etc.); and

(c) give notice in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 (notifications).

(2) A rent officer for each registration area (within the meaning of section 62 of the Rent Act 1977(1)), on the first working day of each month, shall—

(a) make determinations in accordance with Part IV of Schedule 1 (indicative rent levels) in relation to the area of each local authority within the registration area;

(b) comply with paragraph 8(2) of Part II of Schedule 1 (assumptions etc.) when making the determinations; and

(c) give to the local authority notice of the determinations relating to its area when they have been made.

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1977 c. 42; amended by paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and S.I. 1995/3264.