Regulation 5 Proposal Notice

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a proposal notice is a notice—

(a)

stating that the tenant group serving the notice wishes the authority on which the notice is served to consider disposing of the houses to which the notice relates to a PRP; and

(b)

complying with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.

(2)

A proposal notice must also—

(a)

state that it is a proposal notice served pursuant to these Regulations;

(b)

contain or be accompanied by evidence that the tenant group meets the conditions set out in regulation 4;

(c)

specify the houses and the area to which it relates;

(d)

provide or be accompanied by evidence that the houses and the area so specified meet the conditions contained in paragraph (3);

(e)

contain evidence that the majority of the members of the tenant group attending a meeting satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph (4), voted to serve the proposal notice;

(f)

state that members of the tenant group are willing to work together with the authority; and

(g)

contain evidence to show that the tenant group has used reasonable endeavours to notify tenants of the houses identified in the proposal notice of the following—

(i)

the intention to serve the proposal notice; and

(ii)

the effect of the notice.

(3)

The houses and area identified in the proposal notice must satisfy the following conditions—

(a)

the houses must be owned by the same authority;

(b)

at least 100 of the houses must be let under secure tenancies; and

(c)

the houses must form a geographically coherent area.

(4)

Where a tenant group convenes a meeting for the purpose of deciding whether to serve a proposal notice, that meeting must satisfy the following conditions—

(a)

reasonable notice must be given to all members of the tenant group of the time and place of the meeting;

(b)

the notice of the meeting must explain that a vote upon whether to serve a proposal notice will take place; and

(c)

all members of the tenant group must be entitled to vote.