Payment and amount of grant
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8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a local authority may pay to an eligible person a grant of the lower of—
(a)£800; or
(b)the amount of the approved expenditure,
where it is satisfied that expenditure has been incurred or is to be incurred by that person for the purpose of, or in connection with, the carrying out of approved works.
(2) A local authority may pay to an eligible person a grant in excess of £800 where satisfied that the eligible person could not, without undue hardship, finance the expense of the approved works without such a grant.