Housing Act 1985

[F1 Conditions of payment of annual grant] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 2 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(5); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

[F2 2 (1) It is a condition of the payment of a grant in respect of a house in any year that throughout the year the house— E+W

(a) is reserved for members of the agricultural population, and

(b) if let, is let at a rent not exceeding the limit applicable in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph,

and that in the opinion of the local housing authority all reasonable steps have been taken to secure the maintenance of the house in a proper state of repair during the year.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 2 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(5); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

3 (1) In the case of a house completed on or after 18th April 1946 the payment of a [F3 grant] for any year during which the house is at any time occupied by a member of the agricultural population in pursuance of a contract of service and otherwise than as a tenant is also subject to the following condition. E+W

(2) The condition is that if the contract of service is terminated—

(a) by less than four weeks’ notice given by the employer, or

(b) by dismissal of the employee without notice, or

(c) by the death of either party,

the employer or his personal representatives will permit the employee (or, in the case of his death, any person residing with him at his death) to continue to occupy the house free of charge from the determination of the contract until the expiration of a period of four weeks beginning with the date on which the notice is given, or, if the contract is determined otherwise than by notice, with the date on which it is determined.

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 3(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(6); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3