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(1)Where a local housing authority approve an application for a grant they may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, impose such conditions as they think fit—
(a)relating to things done or omitted before the certified date and requiring the repayment to the local housing authority on demand of any instalments of grant paid, or
(b)relating to things done or omitted on or after that date and requiring the payment to the local housing authority on demand of a sum equal to the amount of the grant paid;
and, in either case, that amount may be required to be paid together with compound interest on that amount as from the date of payment, calculated at such reasonable rate as the authority may determine and with yearly rests.
(2)A condition under this section is a local land charge and is binding on—
(a)any person who is for the time being an owner of the dwelling, house or building, and
(b)such other persons (if any) as the authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, specify.
(3)The reference in subsection (2)(a) to the owner of the building shall be construed—
(a)in the case of a grant condition imposed on a landlord’s application for a common parts grant, as a reference to the applicant or any successor in title to the interest in the building by virtue of which the applicant made his application;
(b)in the case of a grant condition imposed on an application for an HMO grant, as excluding a local housing authority or registered social landlord.
(4)Where the authority have the right to demand repayment of an amount as mentioned in subsection (1), they may determine not to demand payment or to demand a lesser amount.
(5)Any conditions imposed under this section are in addition to the conditions provided for by sections 45 to 51.
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