SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT SOCIAL HOUSING RENTS

PART 3GENERAL

7Regulations

1

Regulations under this Schedule must be made by statutory instrument.

2

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Schedule is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

8Guidance

1

The Secretary of State may issue guidance about determining, for the purposes of paragraph 1(5)(a)(iii) or (iv), what rate of rent is likely to have been payable by a tenant of particular social housing at a particular time.

2

Registered providers must have regard to guidance issued under sub-paragraph (1).

9Interpretation

1

In this Schedule “the relevant day”, in relation to social housing, means—

a

8 July 2015, or

b

if the Secretary of State consents to the use of a different day (“the permitted review day”) in the case of that social housing, the permitted review day.

2

A consent given for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) may be a consent given for a particular case or for a description of cases.