Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Housing Act 1996;

• “allocation decision” means a decision to allocate housing accommodation;

• “allocation scheme” means an allocation scheme within the meaning of section 167(1) of the Act;

• “authority” means a Welsh local housing authority;

• “delegation arrangements” means arrangements made under section 101(1) or (2) of the Local Government Act 1972^f1 for the discharge of an authority’s function of making allocation decisions;

• “officer delegation arrangements” means delegation arrangements which arrange for the discharge (in whole or in part) of an authority’s function of making allocation decisions, by an officer or a description of officers of the authority; and

• “qualifying person”, in relation to an authority, means a person who is qualified to be allocated housing accommodation by that authority.