# The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confers functions on rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy. Article 3 provides that where a local authority applies to a rent officer for determinations relating to a tenancy or a licence of a dwelling, the rent officer must make the determinations (and give notice to the local authority) in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Order. The determinations relate to the level of rent, the size of the dwelling and rent attributable to the provision of services. Article 4 provides for a rent officer, with the advice of one or two other rent officers, to make a re-determination if a local authority applies for one.
Article 5 prevents determinations and re-determinations being made if the tenancy or licence is one of those described in Schedule 2 to the Order or if the application is withdrawn; and certain determinations and re-determinations cannot be made if the tenancy or licence is an assured tenancy or agricultural occupancy and the circumstances are those described in article 5(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/590/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1989/note
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