The Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 240A(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No.

HOUSING

The Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Made

2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 240A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 240A(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment

2.—(1) Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003(2) is amended as follows.

(2) Before the definition of “the Independent Living Funds” insert the following definition–

““the Independent Living Fund (2006)” means the trust of that name established by a deed dated 10th April 2006 and made between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the one part and Margaret Rosemary Cooper, Michael Beresford Boyall and Marie Theresa Martin of the other part;”.

(3) In the definition of “the Independent Living Funds” for “the Independent Living Fund or the Independent Living (1993) Fund” substitute “the Independent Living Fund, the Independent Living (1993) Fund and the Independent Living Fund (2006)”.

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments consequential upon the coming into force of section 61 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5). Section 61 amends the Disability (Grants) Act 1993 to enable the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make grants to the Independent Living Fund (2006) which from 1st October 2007 will operate in place of the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund.

These Regulations amend the Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003. Those Regulations provide a means of assessment of an applicant’s contribution to the cost of works for which certain grants may be given by a local authority. These Regulations insert a definition of “Independent Living Fund (2006)” and include this fund in the definition of “the Independent Living Funds”.

(1)

1987 c. 26. Section 240A was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), section 99.

(2)

S.S.I. 2003/461; relevantly amended by instrument S.S.I. 2004/456.