{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-procedure-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-procedure-regulations-1997/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation of Housing (Procedure) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-of-housing-procedure-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Allocation scheme procedure",
  "text": "(1) As regards the procedure to be followed, an authority’s allocation scheme shall be framed in accordance with the principle prescribed in this regulation.\n(2) A member of an authority who has been elected for the electoral division or ward in which—\n(a) the housing accommodation in relation to which an allocation decision falls to be made is situated, or\n(b) the person in relation to whom that decision falls to be made has his sole or main residence,\nshall not, at the time the allocation decision is made, be included in the persons constituting the decision-making body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/483/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:21.532287+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}