Paragraph 8 Housing associations etc.
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.
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.
In this paragraph–
“charity" has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993 M1, 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 M2); and
“housing association" has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 M3.