{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1984",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Notifications",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the rent officer shall give notice to the local authority of–\n(a) the claim-related rent determined under Part I;\n(b) where the dwelling is not in a hostel, the total amount of ineligible charges determined under paragraph 6(3) in relation to that claim-related rent;\n(c) whether that claim-related rent includes an amount which would be ineligible for housing benefit under paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (charges for meals);\nwhere that claim-related rent includes an amount which would be ineligible for housing benefit under paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (charges for meals), the inclusion of an ineligible amount in respect of meals;\n(d) any rent determined by the rent officer under paragraph 4 (local reference rents); and\n(da) where any rent determined under paragraph 4 includes an amount which would be ineligible for housing benefit under the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (c), the inclusion of an ineligible amount in respect of meals; and\n(e) any rent determined by the rent officer under paragraph 5 (single room rents).\n(2) If the rent officer determines a rent under—\n(a) paragraph 4 (local reference rents); or\n(b) paragraph 5 (single room rents);\nwhich is equal to or more than the claim-related rent, the rent officer shall give notice to the local authority of this in place of giving notice of the determination made under paragraph 4 or, as the case may be, paragraph 5 ....\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1) substituted (3.4.2000) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(a) (with art. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(c) substituted (7.4.2008) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(4), 9(3)(a) (with arts. 2, 7(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(c) substituted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(10)(c) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(da) inserted (7.4.2008) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(4), 9(3)(b) (with arts. 2, 7(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2) substituted (E.W.) (3.4.2000) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(b)(i) (with art. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2) omitted (E.W.) (3.4.2000) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(b)(ii) (with art. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(3) omitted (E.W.) (3.4.2000) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1), arts. 1(1), 13(1)(c) (with art. 16)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:21.166385+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}