The Local Housing Authorities (Prescribed Principles for Allocation Schemes) (Wales) Regulations 1997

Citation, commencement and application

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Local Housing Authorities (Prescribed Principles for Allocation Schemes) (Wales) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th February 1997. They apply to Wales only.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Housing Act 1996;

“allocation decision” means a decision to allocate housing accommodation;

“allocation scheme” means an allocation scheme within the meaning of section 167(1) of the Act;

“authority” means a Welsh local housing authority;

“delegation arrangements” means arrangements made under section 101(1) or (2) of the Local Government Act 1972(1) for the discharge of an authority’s function of making allocation decisions;

“officer delegation arrangements” means delegation arrangements which arrange for the discharge (in whole or in part) of an authority’s function of making allocation decisions, by an officer or a description of officers of the authority; and

“qualifying person”, in relation to an authority, means a person who is qualified to be allocated housing accommodation by that authority.

Allocation scheme principles

3.  As regards the procedure to be followed in allocating housing accommodation, the principles set out in the Schedule are prescribed as principles in accordance with which an authority’s allocation scheme shall be framed.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

13th January 1997