Regulation 3 Application for a payment to reduce under-occupation by housing benefit claimants
A housing benefit claimant may apply in writing for a payment to the local authority in whose area the dwelling which he occupies is situated and he shall provide that authority with such information as is necessary to enable the authority to consider the application and calculate the amount of the payment (if any).
Where a housing benefit claimant is for the time being unable to act, any person able to act on his behalf in relation to housing benefit may act on his behalf in relation to a paymentf1.
Anything required by these Regulations to be done by or to any housing benefit claimant who is for the time being unable to act may be done by or to the person able to act on his behalf in relation to housing benefit and the receipt of any such person shall be a good discharge to the authority for any payment made.
A local authority to whom an application for a payment is made shall—
consider whether the claimant satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment; and
reply to the claimant (making a payment offer if appropriate),
within 14 days of receiving all necessary information or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
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See regulation 71(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations which states the circumstances in which a person may act on behalf of another in relation to housing benefit.