Housing Act 1969

PART III Limit on Amount of Standard Grant or Standard Contribution

4 The amount of—

(a) a standard grant, or

(b) the allowable cost for the purposes of a standard contribution,

shall not exceed £450 and shall not exceed the sum of the amounts allowable under the following provisions of this Schedule.

5 Subject to paragraph 10 of this Schedule, for each of the standard amenities provided there shall be allowed the amount specified for an amenity of that description in the third column of the Table set out in Part I of this Schedule or the amount substituted therefor under the following provisions of this Schedule.

6 (1) If the works comprise, in connection with all or any of the amenities provided, the bringing of a piped supply of cold water into the dwelling for the first time there shall also be allowed an amount fixed, in the case of a standard grant, by the local authority and, in the case of a standard contribution, by the Minister.

(2) The amount to be fixed under this paragraph shall be the amount which in the opinion of the local authority or Minister is one half of such part of the cost proper to be incurred in carrying out the works as is attributable to the bringing of the piped supply into the dwelling.

7 (1) If the works comprise the provision of a fixed bath or shower in a bathroom and the bathroom is being provided by the building of a new structure or the conversion of out-buildings attached or to be attached to the dwelling (or to the building of which the dwelling forms part) then, if before the application for the grant or contribution is approved the local authority have, or the Minister has, been satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to provide the bathroom in any other way there shall be substituted as the amount allowed for that amenity an amount fixed by the local authority or Minister.

(2) The amount to be fixed under this paragraph shall be such amount, higher than that specified in the Table set out in Part I of this Schedule, as in the opinion of the local authority or Minister is one half of such part of the cost proper to be incurred in carrying out the works as is attributable to the provision of the fixed bath or shower in a bathroom.

8 (1) If the works comprise the provision of a water closet and, in connection therewith, the installation of a septic tank or a cesspool then, if before the application for the grant or contribution is approved the local authority have or the Minister has been satisfied that the connection of the water closet with main drainage is not possible or reasonably practicable there shall be substituted as the amount allowed for that amenity an amount fixed by the local authority or Minister.

(2) The amount to be fixed under this paragraph shall be such amount, higher than that specified in the Table set out in Part I of this Schedule, as in the opinion of the local authority or Minister is one half of such part of the cost proper to be incurred in carrying out the works as is attributable to the provision of the water closet.

9 The amount to be fixed under paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of this Schedule shall be fixed by the local authority or Minister when approving the application for the grant or contribution; but if the applicant satisfies the local authority or Minister that the works by reference to the cost of which the amount is fixed cannot be or could not have been carried out without the carrying out of works in addition to those specified in the application, they or he may substitute a higher amount for that fixed under that paragraph.

10 An amount shall not be allowed for more than one amenity of the same description; and no amount shall be allowed for an amenity of any description if at the time the works were begun the dwelling was provided with an amenity of that description, except where the works involved interference with or replacement of that amenity and the local authority are or the Minister is satisfied that it would not have been reasonably practicable to avoid the interference or replacement.