Parsonages, charities, &c.E+W
95 Parsonages, charities, &c.E+W
(1)[F1Sections 19 and 21 to 22A (conditions for application for grant)] do not apply to—
(a)an application for a grant in respect of glebe land or the residence house of an ecclesiastical benefice, or
(b)an application for a grant made by a charity or on behalf of a charity by the charity trustees of the charity.
(2)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In considering under section 31 the amount (if any) of the grant where the applicant is a charity or the application is in respect of glebe land, the local housing authority shall have regard, in addition to the matters mentioned in that section, to any obligation or practice on the part of the applicant to let dwellings at a rent less than that which could be obtained on the open market.
(4)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)In this section “charity” does not include [F3a private registered provider of social housing or] a registered social landlord [F4but otherwise has the same meaning as it has under section 10 of the Charities Act 2011].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 95(1) substituted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 31(a) (with art. 11(2))
F2S. 95(2)(4)(5) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 31(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))
F3Words in s. 95(6) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 108 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
F4Words in s. 95(6) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 73 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)