The Co-op is forbidden by law (with certain specified exceptions from giving money or valuable goods to its members, committee members or employees unless it has a legal obligation to do so (or the benefit given is a mere token). (Schedule I to the 1996 Housing Act, and Housing Corporation determinations and guidance, currently Payments and Benefits, General Determination 2000 and described in Good Practice Note "Maintains Standards of Probity" Sept. 2002). Compensation can therefore only be awarded where there is likely to be a legal right to claim compensation.
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