4. After Article 33 insert—
“Payment of grants to designated associations
33A.—(1) The Department may designate any registered housing association for the purposes of this Article.
(2) Where the Department designates an association under paragraph (1), it shall specify the housing activities of the association in relation to which the designation has effect.
(3) The Department may make grants to any designated association in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by it in connection with housing activities specified in accordance with paragraph (2).
(4) As respects grants under this Article the Department, acting in accordance with such principles as it may determine, may specify—
(a)the procedure to be followed in relation to applications for grant;
(b)the circumstances in which grant is or is not to be payable;
(c)the method for calculating, and any limitations on, the amount of grant; and
(d)the manner in which, and time or times at which, grant is to be paid.
(5) In making a grant under this Article, the Department may provide that the grant is conditional on compliance by the association with such conditions as it may specify.
(6) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 33 shall apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.”.