{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-to-reduce-under-occupation-regulations-2000/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-to-reduce-under-occupation-regulations-2000/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/637",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Payments to Reduce Under-occupation) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-to-reduce-under-occupation-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Reply to application and offer of payment",
  "text": "(1) A local authority which receives an application for a payment from a housing benefit claimant shall reply advising him—\n(a) whether or not he is entitled to the payment and the reasons for that decision; and\n(b) of his right under regulation 9 to make written representations to the authority about the reply and the last day on which representations can be made.\n(2) Where a person is entitled to a payment, the authority shall also make a payment offer which shall—\n(a) state the amount of the payment and how it has been calculated (including any deductions which have been made);\n(b) state that the amount will be payable if the person accepts the offer and moves to the qualifying dwelling within six months of that accepance;\n(c) inform the person that—\n(i) he is under no obligation to accept the payment and move from his current dwelling;\n(ii) it would be in his interests to seek independent advice about how accepting the payment and moving to the qualifying dwelling would affect him (including the effect, if any, on the person’s right to buy and security of tenure);\n(iii) if he wishes to accept the offer he must do so within 21 days of its receipt; and\n(iv) if he does not accept the offer he may make written representations to the local authority about it within 21 days of its receipt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/637/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:54.310946+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."
}