Regulation 49B Discretionary social housing relief: notification requirementsF1

(1)

A charging authority which wishes to make discretionary social housing relief available in its area must—

(a)

issue a document which—

(i)

gives notice that discretionary social housing relief is available in its area,

(ii)

states the date on which the collecting authority will begin accepting claims for relief, and

(iii)

to the extent that the charging authority is responsible for allocating the housing to be granted relief, includes a policy statement setting out how that housing is to be allocated in its area;

(b)

publish the document on its website;

(c)

make the document available for inspection—

(i)

at its principal office, and

(ii)

at such other places within its area as it considers appropriate; and

(d)

send a copy of the document to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).

(2)

Where a charging authority wishes to revise its policy on the allocation of the relevant housing in its area it must—

(a)

issue a document which—

(i)

gives notice of the revised policy,

(ii)

states the date from which the revised policy applies, and

(iii)

includes a revision of the policy statement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)(iii);

(b)

publish the document on its website;

(c)

make the document available for inspection—

(i)

at its principal office, and

(ii)

at the places at which the document mentioned in paragraph (1) was made available for inspection under paragraph (1)(c)(ii), or, if the charging authority considers that any such places are no longer appropriate, such other places within its area as it considers appropriate; and

(d)

send a copy of the document to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).

(3)

A charging authority which no longer wishes discretionary social housing relief to be available in its area must—

(a)

issue a statement giving notice to that effect and stating the last day on which the collecting authority will accept claims for relief;

(b)

publish the statement on its website;

(c)

make the statement available for inspection—

(i)

at its principal office, and

(ii)

(d)

send a copy of the statement to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).

(4)

The day mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) must be no earlier than the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the statement mentioned in that paragraph is published on the charging authority’s website.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 49A-49C inserted (24.2.2014) by The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/385), regs. 1, 7(5)