# The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997, Paragraph 8: Housing associations etc.


(1) In a case In relation to England, in a case where the local authority states in the application that the landlord is a housing association or a charity, the rent officer shall assume that the landlord is not such a body.
(1A) In relation to Wales, in a case where the local authority states in the application that the landlord is a housing association, a community landlord, or a charity, the rent officer shall assume that the landlord is not such a body.
(2) The rent officer In relation to England, the rent officer shall not take into account the rent under any tenancy where the landlord is a housing association or where the landlord is a charity and the dwelling is provided by the landlord in the pursuit of its charitable purposes.
(2A) In relation to Wales, the rent officer shall not take into account the rent under any occupation contract where the landlord is a housing association or a community landlord, or where the landlord is a charity and the dwelling is provided by the landlord in the pursuit of its charitable purposes.
(3) In this paragraph—
“charity" has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993 , except that it includes a Scottish charity (which has the same meaning as in section 1(7) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 ); and
“community landlord” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 9 of that Act);
“housing association" has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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