The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Allocation of Housing and Homelessness Functions) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/3205
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Allocation of Housing and Homelessness Functions) Order 1996.

(2) This article and article 3 of this Order shall come into force on 20th January 1997 and article 2 of this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

(3) In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Housing Act 1996 ;

“an authority” means a local housing authority as defined in the Housing Act 1985 .

(4) Any expressions used in this Order which are also used in the Act have the same meaning as they have in the Act.

Section 2 Contracting out of allocation of housing functions

Any function of an authority which is conferred by or under Part VI of the Act (allocation of housing accommodation), except one which is listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the authority whose function it is.

Section 3 Contracting out of homelessness functions

Any function of an authority which is conferred by or under Part VII of the Act (homelessness), except one which is listed in Schedule 2 to this Order, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the authority whose function it is.