Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983
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Rent officers. |
6.—(1) The Minister may by order direct that all applications for the purpose of fixing the terms of tenancies of dwellings to which section 8 (1) of the Act of 1982 relates shall be made to housing authorities for determination by rent officers appointed for that purpose by housing authorities. | |
(2) A housing authority, on the making of an order under subsection (1) shall, and may from time to time thereafter, appoint from among the officers of the housing authority or of another housing authority so many persons as they consider necessary to be rent officers for the purposes of this Act. | ||
(3) A housing authority may at any time terminate an appointment made under subsection (2). | ||
(4) Housing authorities may make arrangements for the joint discharge of their functions under this Act. | ||
(5) Where it appears to the Minister that an agreement under section 59 of the Local Government Act, 1955 , ought to be made between housing authorities for the purposes of their functions under this Act, he may, after affording an opportunity to the authorities concerned to make representations to him, require them to enter into such agreement. | ||
(6) The Minister may direct that any such agreement shall contain such terms as he may specify and the authority concerned shall comply with any directions given by the Minister. | ||
(7) A rent officer appointed pursuant to such an agreement shall be the rent officer for the functional areas of the authorities concerned. | ||
(8) An order under subsection (1) may contain provisions relating to applications made under section 5 (1) to the Tribunal, including provisions for the withdrawing of such applications, for the manner in which they are to be withdrawn and for the making of new applications to housing authorities. |