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

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These Regulations apply to local housing authorities in Wales.

Section 167 of the Housing Act 1996 requires each local housing authority to have a scheme (an “allocation scheme”) for determining priorities, and as to the procedure to be followed, in allocating housing accommodation.

Section 167(5) of that Act empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations to prescribe principles of procedure to be followed in framing an allocation scheme. Section 167(1) of the Act provides that for this purpose “procedure” includes all aspects of the allocation process, including the persons or descriptions of persons by whom decisions are to be taken.

These Regulations prescribe two principles. The first is the principle that no member shall be included in the persons taking an allocation decision on housing accommodation in his electoral division, or involving a resident in his electoral division. The second principle is that local housing authority officers shall be included in the persons by whom allocation decisions can be taken, except where the local housing authority has determined otherwise.

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