Regulation 3 Decision to give notice

(1)

A local housing authority may not give a notice under section 193B(2) unless the decision to give the notice—

(a)

is made by an officer of that local housing authority, and

(b)

is authorised by an appropriate person.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

“appropriate person” means a person who—

(i)

is at least as senior as the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a),

(ii)

works for that local housing authority or the local authority, and

(iii)

was not involved in the decision to give the notice, and

(b)

a person works for a local housing authority or a local authority if the person—

(i)

works under a contract of employment with that authority,

(ii)

works under any other contract with that authority,

(iii)

is supplied to that authority as an agency worker (within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010^f1), or

(iv)

is seconded to work for that authority.

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