The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) (Welsh Forms and Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) (Welsh Forms and Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 17th April 1995.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) (Welsh Forms and Particulars) Regulations 1994(1).

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.  Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended—

(a) as regards “Ffurflen 1 cais am grant adnewyddu” (Form 1 application for renovation grant), as mentioned in Schedule 1;

(b) as regards “Ffurflen 2 cais am grant cyfleusterau i'r anabl” (Form 2 application for disabled facilities grant), as mentioned in Schedule 2;

(c) as regards “Ffurflen 3 cais am grant rhannau cyffredin” (Form 3 application for common parts grant), as mentioned in Schedule 3; and

(d) as regards “Ffurflen 4 cais am grant ty* mewn aml-ddaliadaeth” (Form 4 application for HMO grant), as mentioned in Schedule 4.

Application

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for grant made before 17th April 1995.

(2) Where, in relation to any pending application made after 12th April 1995 and before 17th April 1995, the relevant person is not entitled to a disability premium or higher pensioner premium within the meaning of Part III of Schedule 1 to the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations 1994(2) but would have been so entitled had the application been made on 17th April 1995, for the purposes of that relevant person’s entitlement to a disability premium or higher pensioner premium his application shall be treated as if it had been made on 17th April 1995.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Welsh Office

24th March 1995