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The Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2008
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- 2008 No. 1189
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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This Order (which applies in relation to England only) prescribes the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant that a local housing authority can be required to pay under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (“the Act”). By article 2, the maximum amount is £30,000.
Section 23(1) of the Act specifies the purposes for which, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act, an application for a grant must be approved. Article 3 of this Order specifies additional purposes for which an application for a grant must be approved, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act being satisfied. The specified purposes are for facilitating access by the disabled occupant to and from a garden (which is defined in article 3(3)), and for making the access to a garden safe for the disabled occupant.
Articles 2 and 3 of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts Order) 1996, which extends to England and Wales, set the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant at £25,000 in relation to England. Article 3 of this Order provides for those articles to cease to have effect in relation to England.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
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