Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1325

The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001

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" Transitional arrangements for determination of Single Room Rents with effect from 2nd July 2001
     3A. In a case where the rent officer has made and notified an authority of a determination of a single room rent pursuant to paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 in the period of 12 months before 2nd July 2001 that determination shall cease to have effect on the day before 2nd July 2001 and a rent officer shall - 


(a) make a new determination of that single room rent in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1;

(b) comply with Part II of Schedule 1; and

(c) give notice in accordance with Part III of Schedule 1 within the relevant period or as soon as is practicable after that period;



without an application for a determination under regulation 12A of the 1987 Regulations having been made."

Single Room Rents
     4. In paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 1 - 

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) delete the words "or room suitable for living in";

(b) after sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) insert the following - 


" (iia) shares the use of a room suitable for living in";



(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) after "toilet" insert "and bathroom".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.


Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security

2nd April 2001

[2] S.I. 1997/1984. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/1.back