The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010

Grants already made or in payment under the 1996 Act

21.—(1) The grant provisions continue to apply on and after the commencement date in relation to—

(a) a grant where the application was determined before the commencement date in favour of the applicant but no grant was paid before that date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for paying the grant, and

(b) a grant wholly or partly paid by the HCA before that date (or treated as so paid).

(2) In their application by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the grant provisions have effect—

(a) without any amendments or repeals of them brought into force by this Order,

(b) as if the 2008 Order were not revoked, and

(c) as if references to registered social landlords—

(i) in relation to times, circumstances or purposes before the commencement date, related only to English registered social landlords, and

(ii) in relation to times, circumstances or purposes on and after the commencement date, were references to private registered providers of social housing.

(3) In this paragraph “the grant provisions” means sections 18, 19, 27, 27A, 27B, 53 and 54 of the 1996 Act and any other enactment, instrument or other document so far as it has effect under or otherwise in connection with those sections.