135Power of local housing authority to carry out works which would attract grant
(1)A local housing authority may by agreement with a person having the requisite interest execute at his expense—
(a)any works towards the cost of which a grant under this Part is payable or might be paid on an application duly made and approved; and
(b)any further works which it is in their opinion necessary or desirable to execute together with the works mentioned in paragraph (a) above.
(2)Except in the case of a common parts grant, the “requisite interest” means an owner’s interest in every parcel of land on which the works are to be carried out or, in a case where (if an application was made) section 104(4) above might apply, in part only of the land concerned.
(3)In the case of a common parts grant, the reference in subsection (1) above to a person having the requisite interest is a reference to the person who—
(a)has a power or duty to carry out the relevant works; and
(b)has such an interest in the building or in a flat in the building as is referred to in subsection (4) of section 105 above.