# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000, 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 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/4/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-2
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