Article 3 Additional Functions

Where in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy, a local authority applies to a rent officer for determinations relating to a tenancy of a dwelling (and is required by regulations made under section 30(2B)(a) or (2C) of the Social Security Act 1986^f1 to make that application), the rent officer shall (subject to article 5) make the determinations and give notice in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order.

If a rent officer needs further information in order to make a determination, he shall serve notice on the local authority requesting that information and until he receives it paragraph (1) shall not apply to the making of that determination.