The Allocation of Housing (Procedure) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/483
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing (Procedure) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“allocation decision” means a decision to allocate housing accommodation;

“authority” means a local housing authority in England;

“decision-making body” means an authority or a committee or sub-committee of an authority.

Section 3 Allocation scheme procedure

(1) As regards the procedure to be followed, an authority’s allocation scheme shall be framed in accordance with the principle prescribed in this regulation.

(2) A member of an authority who has been elected for the electoral division or ward in which—

(a) the housing accommodation in relation to which an allocation decision falls to be made is situated, or

(b) the person in relation to whom that decision falls to be made has his sole or main residence,

shall not, at the time the allocation decision is made, be included in the persons constituting the decision-making body.