Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

Introductory E+W

1 Grants for improvements and repairs, &c. E+W

(1) Grants are available from local housing authorities in accordance with this Chapter towards the cost of works required for—

(a) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the provision of facilities for disabled persons

[F2 (i) in dwellings, qualifying houseboats and [F3 caravans], and

(ii) in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.]

(2) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In the following provisions of this Chapter the expression “grant”[F5 means a grant under subsection (1) above].

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1(1)(a)(b) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(i), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F2 S. 1(1)(c)(i)(ii) substituted (19.7.2003) for words in s. 1(1)(c) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(ii) (with art. 11(2))

F3 Word in s. 1(1)(c)(i) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(2), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))

F4 S. 1(2)-(5) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F5 Words in s. 1(6) substituted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(c) (with art. 11(2))

2 Applications for grants. E+W

(1) No grant shall be paid unless an application for it is made to the local housing authority in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and is approved by them.

(2) An application for a grant shall be in writing and shall specify the premises to which it relates and contain—

(a) particulars of the works in respect of which the grant is sought (in this Chapter referred to as the “relevant works”);

(b) unless the local housing authority otherwise direct in any particular case, at least two estimates from different contractors of the cost of carrying out the relevant works;

(c) particulars of any preliminary or ancillary services and charges in respect of the cost of which the grant is also sought; and

(d) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) In this Chapter “preliminary or ancillary services and charges”, in relation to an application for a grant, means services and charges which—

(a) relate to the application and the preparation for and the carrying out of works, and

(b) are specified for the purposes of this subsection by order of the Secretary of State.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe a form of application for a grant and an application for a grant to which any such regulations apply is not validly made unless it is in the prescribed form.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 2 wholly in force; S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 150; S. 2 in force for certain purposes at 11.9.1996 by S.I. 1996/2352, art. 2(2); s. 2 in force insofar as not already in force at 17.12.1996 by S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3