Section 240(2)(c) and (4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 provides that a local authority shall not approve an application for improvement grant where the value of the premises concerned, expressed in terms of council tax valuation bands, exceeds certain limits prescribed by order. Section 248(5) of the 1987 Act extends these provisions to applications for repairs grant. This Order prescribes a single valuation band as the new limit for the purpose of these provisions and revokes the Housing (Valuation Bands for Improvement and Repairs Grants) (Scotland) Order 1996.

Under section 240(2)(c)(i), where the application relates to a single house, it shall not be approved if the house is in a valuation band for a range of values higher than the prescribed band. For this purpose the Order prescribes valuation band H.

Under section 240(2)(c)(ii), where the application relates to two or more houses which are to be converted into one house, it shall not be approved if these houses are in valuation bands, the middle values of which, when added together, exceed the maximum value of the prescribed valuation band. For this purpose the Order also prescribes valuation band H.