| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2022/245 (W73) |
| Year | 2022 |
The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Review of Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 and they come into force on In these Regulations—(1) A review must be carried out by a person who was not involved in the decision under review.(2) Where the review is of a decision made by an officer of the landlord and the review is to be carried out by another such officer, the officer reviewing the decision must occupy a position within the organisation of the landlord which is senior to that of the officer who made the decision.(1) Where the contract-holder so requests, a review must be by way of a hearing.(2) Any such request must be made to the landlord before the end of the period described in section 202(3) of, paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 to, or paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7 to the Act, as the case may be.(1) Whether or not the review is to be by way of a hearing, the contract-holder may make written representations to the landlord in connection with the review.(2) The landlord must notify the contract-holder in writing of the date by which any such representations must be received by the landlord.(3) That date must be at least five days after the notification under paragraph (2) is received by the contract-holder.(4) The landlord must consider any such representations which are received by that date.Where the contract-holder consents in writing, the hearing may be conducted by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communication.the date, time and location of the hearing, orif the hearing is to be conducted pursuant to regulation 6, the date and time of, and instructions on how to access, the hearing.(2) If the contract-holder has not been given such notice, the hearing may only proceed with the consent of the contract-holder or his or her representative.(3) The date, time and, where relevant, the location of the hearing must be reasonably convenient for the contract-holder.(4) In determining a reasonably convenient location for the hearing where a contract-holder is to be physically present at that hearing, consideration must be given to the distance between the location of the hearing and the dwelling to which the review relates.(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the procedure at a review hearing is to be determined by the person carrying out the review.be heard,be accompanied,be represented by another person (“a representative”) , whether that person is professionally qualified or not,call persons to give evidence,put questions to any person who gives evidence at the hearing, andmake
