SCHEDULE 2Private rented housing committees: procedure etc.

Notification of referral

1

1

The private rented housing committee to which a tenant's application is referred under section 23(1) must, as soon as practicable after receiving the reference, serve notice on the landlord and the tenant—

a

setting out the detail of the application in such manner as the committee think fit,

b

stating that the president of the private rented housing panel has referred the application to the committee for determination, and

c

specifying the day by which any—

i

written representations, or

ii

request to make oral representations,

must be made.

2

The day so specified—

a

must be at least 14 days after the day on which the notice is served, and

b

may, at the request of either party, be changed to such later day as the committee think fit.

3

The committee must notify both parties of any change under sub-paragraph (2)(b).