The Allocation of Housing (Qualification Criteria for Right to Move) (England) Regulations 2015
Section 160ZA of the Housing Act 1996 (inserted by the Localism Act 2011) gives local housing authorities in England the power to decide what classes of persons are or are not qualifying persons for an allocation of housing accommodation. The Secretary of State has the power to prescribe in Regulations criteria that may not be used by local housing authorities in deciding what classes of persons are not qualifying persons (subsection (8)).
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Department
Made
26 Mar 2015
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In force
20 Apr 2015
Enabling power
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160ZA(8)(b) and 172(4) of the Housing Act 1996, makes the following Regulations:
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