9.—(1) Where a local authority has approved an application for a grant, it shall pay the grant, subject to the provisions of this regulation.
(2) The grant may be paid—
(a)in whole after the completion of the approved works; or
(b)in part by instalments as the approved works progress and the balance after completion of those works.
(3) A grant shall be paid only when the local authority is satisfied that—
(a)the approved works have been satisfactorily completed; or
(b)in the case of an instalment, the relevant part of the approved works has been satisfactorily completed.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), where an eligible person has, in any of the five years preceding the date of application for a grant, been paid a grant in respect of premises and makes a further application for a grant under regulation 4 in respect of those premises, the local authority shall not determine that application unless it is accompanied by—
(a)a further risk assessment carried out in accordance with Part VI or Part VIII of the 2006 Regulations; or
(b)in a case where the local authority considers that a further risk assessment is not required, a statement of the reasons why the eligible person considers further works are required to improve the nature or quality of the supply.
(5) A local authority may approve a further application for a grant to an eligible person, but the amount of grant that may be awarded shall not, subject to regulation 8(2), exceed the difference between £800 and the amount of any grant previously made to that person under regulation 8(1).