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—
- a
has its only or main mooring within the area of a single local housing authority;
- b
is moored in pursuance of a right to that mooring; and
- 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—
- a
is stationed on land forming part of a protected site within the meaning of the Mobile Homes Act 1983;
- b
is occupied under an agreement to which that Act applies or under a gratuitous licence; and
- 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.