Regulation 2 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997

For regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997^f1 there shall be substituted the following regulation–

“5

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) the relevant information shall be supplied–

(a)

in typewritten or printed form; or

(b)

with the written agreement of the requirer, in electronic or handwritten form,

within a period of 4 weeks commencing on the date on which the notice was sent or given.

(2)

Where–

(a)

within a period of 4 weeks commencing on the date on which the notice was sent or given, the supplier requests that the time for supply of the relevant information be extended; and

(b)

the requirer provides written agreement to that request,

the time for supply of the relevant information shall be extended to a period of 8 weeks commencing on the date on which the notice was sent or given.”.