Owner-occupiers and tenants
47.—(1) Where an application for a grant is accompanied by an owner-occupier certificate, a tenant’s certificate or a special certificate, then, if the financial resources of the applicant exceed the applicable amount, the amount of any grant which may be paid shall be reduced from what it would otherwise have been in accordance with regulations made by the Department with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, the Department may by regulations made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel—
(a)make provision for the determination of the amount which is to be taken to be the financial resources of an applicant for a grant; and
(b)make provision for the determination of the applicable amount referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), regulations under this Article—
(a)may make provision for account to be taken of the income, assets, needs and outgoings not only of the applicant himself but also of his spouse, any person living with him or intending to live with him and any person on whom he is dependent or who is dependent on him;
(b)may make provision for amounts specified in or determined under the regulations to be taken into account for particular purposes.