Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53)

Part I U.K. Grants, &c. for renewal of private sector housing

Chapter I U.K. The main grants

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)

C2 Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)

Introductory E+W

1 Grants for improvements and repairs, &c. E+W

(1) Grants are available from local housing authorities in accordance with this Chapter towards the cost of works required for—

(a) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the provision of facilities for disabled persons

[F2 (i) in dwellings, qualifying houseboats and [F3 caravans], and

(ii) in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.]

(2) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In the following provisions of this Chapter the expression “grant”[F5 means a grant under subsection (1) above].

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1(1)(a)(b) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(i), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F2 S. 1(1)(c)(i)(ii) substituted (19.7.2003) for words in s. 1(1)(c) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(ii) (with art. 11(2))

F3 Word in s. 1(1)(c)(i) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(2), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))

F4 S. 1(2)-(5) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F5 Words in s. 1(6) substituted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(c) (with art. 11(2))