37.—(1) No grant is payable under this Chapter unless the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of the application.
In the case of a joint application, any applicant under the age of 18 years on the date of the application shall be left out of account.
(2) No grant is payable under this Chapter if the applicant is of a description excluded from entitlement to grant aid by regulations made by the Department.
(3) Regulations under paragraph (2) may proceed wholly or in part by reference to the provisions relating to entitlement to housing benefit, [F1universal credit,] or any other form of assistance, as they have effect from time to time.
F1Words in art. 37(3) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Regulations) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 13(2)
38.—(1) The Executive shall not entertain an application for a grant in respect of premises provided (by construction or conversion) less than 10 years before the date of the application unless—
(a)the application is for a disabled facilities grant, or
(b)the application is for an HMO grant in respect of a house in multiple occupation provided by conversion.
(2) The Department may by order amend paragraph (1) so as to substitute another period for that specified.
39.—(1) No grant is payable in respect of works of a description excluded from grant aid under this Chapter by direction of the Department.
(2) Directions may specify descriptions of works for which grant aid is not to be available without the Department's consent.
(3) The Department may give any such consent with respect to applications generally or to a particular description of application.