The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013

Information to be provided to rent officers

40.—(1) The Secretary of State must provide to the rent officer such information as the rent officer may reasonably require to carry out functions under section 122 of the Housing Act 1996(1).

(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) may include information required to make a determination under the Rent Officers Order (2) and may include—

(a) the name and address of a universal credit claimant in respect of whom the Secretary of State has applied for a determination;

(b) the amount of any rent (within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations) (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation);

(c) the amount of any service charge payments (within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations);

(d) the number of bedrooms in the accommodation in respect of which a determination is made;

(e) the name and address of a claimant’s landlord.

(3) A landlord must provide to the rent officer such information or evidence as the rent officer may reasonably require to make a determination in accordance with the Rent Officers Order and which the rent officer is not able to obtain from the Secretary of State.

(4) The evidence referred to in paragraph (3) may include evidence as to whether a property is let at an Affordable Rent within the meaning in Schedule 2 to the Rent Officers Order.

(5) In this regulation and regulation 37 “landlord” means any person to whom a claimant or partner is liable to make payments in respect of the occupation of the claimant’s accommodation.

(6) In this regulation “the Rent Officers Order” means the Rent Officer (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013.

(1)

1996 c.52. Section 122(4) was amended by paragraph 60(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26). Section 122(5) was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5).

(2)

S.I. 2013/382.