Nomination of another person to accept an offer
8.—(1) The recipient of an offer notice may nominate another person to accept the offer.
(2) The only persons who can be nominated to accept an offer are those who either—
(a)are registered as a social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996; or
(b)fulfil the landlord condition in section 80(1) of the 1985 Act.
(3) Before a person can be nominated to accept a particular offer, that person must have given an unequivocal indication in writing to the recipient of the offer notice that it wishes to be nominated to accept the offer.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, “in writing” includes a document transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means.
Section 80 was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986, sections 83(2) and 140 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Housing Act 1988, sections 140 and 152 of, and Schedules 16 and 18 to, the Government of Wales Act 1998, and S.I. 1996/2325.