# The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997, Paragraph 4: Broad rental market area


In this Schedule “broad rental market area” means an area—
(a) comprising two or more distinct areas of residential accommodation, each distinct area of residential accommodation adjoining at least one other in the area;
(b) within which a person could reasonably be expected to live having regard to facilities and services for the purposes of health, education, recreation, personal banking and shopping, taking account of the distance of travel, by public and private transport, to and from facilities and services of the same type and similar standard; and
(c) containing residential premises of a variety of types, and including such premises held on a variety of tenancies.
PART II
Column (1) Local authority
olumn (2) Date
Blackpool
17th November 2003
Brighton and Hove
2nd February 2004
Conwy
9th February 2004
Coventry
12th January 2004
Edinburgh
9th February 2004
Leeds
9th February 2004
Lewisham
1st December 2003
North East Lincolnshire
9th February 2004
Teignbridge
12th January 2004

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/schedule/3A/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/schedule-3A/paragraph-4
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