Section 68 — Housing Act 1985: Duties to persons whose applications are referred.

Duties to persons whose applications are referred. 68 1 Where, in accordance with section 67(1), a local housing authority notify another authority of an application, the notifying authority shall secure that accommodation is available for occupation by the applicant until it is determined whether the conditions for referral of his application to the other authority are satisfied.

2 If it is determined that the conditions for referral are satisfied, the notified authority shall secure that accommodation becomes available for occupation by the applicant; if it is determined that the conditions are not satisfied, the notifying authority shall secure that accommodation becomes available for occupation by him.

3 When the matter has been determined, the notifying authority shall notify the applicant—

a whether they or the notified authority are the authority whose duty it is to secure that accommodation becomes available for his occupation, and b of the reasons why the authority subject to that duty are subject to it.

4 The notice required to be given to a person under subsection (3) shall be given in writing and shall, if not received by him, be treated as having been given to him only if it is made available at the authority’s office for a reasonable period for collection by him or on his behalf.