SCHEDULE 3AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996

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In section 58 (minor definitions: Chapter 1)—

a

in the definition of “common parts application”, omit “disabled facilities”;

b

omit the definition of “conversion application”; and

c

after the definition of “flat”, insert the following definitions—

  • “premises” includes a qualifying houseboat or a qualifying park home;

  • “qualifying houseboat” means a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place of permanent habitation which—

    1. a

      has its only or main mooring within the area of a single local housing authority;

    2. b

      is moored in pursuance of a right to that mooring; and

    3. c

      is a dwelling for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax),

    and includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;

  • “qualifying park home” means a caravan within the meaning of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968) which—

    1. a

      is stationed on land forming part of a protected site within the meaning of the Mobile Homes Act 1983;

    2. b

      is occupied under an agreement to which that Act applies or under a gratuitous licence; and

    3. c

      is a dwelling for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax),

    and includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it.