Regulation 5 Review without a hearing

Where regulation 3(2) applies, the landlord must send a written notice to the applicant stating that the applicant may make written representations in support of the application before a time specified in the notice.

The time specified pursuant to paragraph (1) must not be earlier than five days after the day on which the notice referred to in that paragraph is received by the applicant.

In making a decision on the review the person conducting the review must take into account any representations received in accordance with this regulation.

The review must be conducted by a person appointed for that purpose by the landlord, who may be an officer or employee of the landlord.

A person appointed under paragraph (4) who is an officer or employee of the landlord must be a person of greater seniority than the person who made the original decision.

The person referred to in paragraph (4) must not be a person who was involved in the making of the original decision.