Housing Act 1969

8 Standard grants

(1) A local authority shall pay a standard grant if an application therefor is made in accordance with this section and approved by them and the works are executed to the satisfaction of the local authority.

(2) Such an application must specify the dwelling and the works, and, where the works are for the provision of some only of the standard amenities, must also state whether the dwelling is already provided with the remainder.

(3) A local authority shall not entertain an application for a standard grant with respect to a dwelling provided after 2nd October 1961.

(4) Subject to section 25 of this Act a local authority shall not entertain an application for a standard grant unless they are satisfied that the applicant has, in every parcel of land on which the works specified in the application are to be or have been carried out, an interest which is either an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute of which not less than five years remain unexpired at the date of the application.