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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Citation and commencement

  3. 2. Interpretation

  4. 3. Determinations

  5. 3A.Transitional arrangements for determination of Single Room Rents with effect from 2nd July 2001

  6. 4. Redeterminations

  7. 4A.Substitute determinations and substitute redeterminations

  8. 4B.Broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations

  9. 4C.Board and attendance determinations and notifications

  10. 4D.Board and attendance redeterminations

  11. 4E.Substitute board and attendance determinations and substitute board and attendance redeterminations

  12. 5. Insufficient information

  13. 6. Exceptions

  14. 7. Special cases

  15. 7A.Errors

  16. 8. Amendment to 1995 Order

  17. 9. Revocations

  18. 10. Application

  19. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART I DETERMINATIONS

        1. 1. Significantly high rents

        2. 2. Size and rent

        3. 3. Exceptionally high rents

        4. 4. Local reference rents

        5. 5. Single room rents

        6. 6.Claim-related rent

      2. PART II ASSUMPTIONS etc.

        1. 7.Ineligible charges and support charges

        2. 8. Housing associations etc.

      3. PART III NOTIFICATIONS OF PART I DETERMINATIONS

        1. 9. Notifications

        2. 10.. . . . . . . . . ....

      4. PART IV INDICATIVE RENT LEVELS

        1. 11.(1) The rent officer shall determine the indicative rent level...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SIZE CRITERIA

      1. 1.One bedroom or room suitable for living in shall be...

      2. 1A.One additional bedroom is allowed where on the application for...

      3. 1B.Two additional bedrooms are allowed where sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)...

      4. 2.The number of rooms (excluding any allowed under paragraph 1)...

      5. 3.In this Schedule “child who cannot share a bedroom ,...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      REDETERMINATIONS

      1. 1.Schedules 1 and 2 shall apply in relation to a...

      2. 2.The rent officer making the redetermination shall seek and have...

    4. SCHEDULE 3A

      PART I

      1. 1.Categories of dwelling

      2. 2.Formula for local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1(1)(a)

      3. 3.Formula for local housing allowance for other categories of dwelling

      4. 4.Broad rental market area

    5. SCHEDULE 3B

      Broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations

      1. 1.Categories of dwelling

      2. 2.Local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1

      3. 3.Anomalous local housing allowances

      4. 3A.Minimum local housing allowance

      5. 4.Broad rental market area

      6. 5.A broad rental market area must contain—

      7. 5A.The table referred to in paragraph 2(2A) and (2B) is...

      8. 6.The table referred to in paragraph 2(2) of this Schedule...

    6. SCHEDULE 4

      SPECIAL CASES

      1. 1. Houseboats

      2. 2. Mobile homes

      3. 3. Rental purchase agreements

  21. Explanatory Note

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