This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2000/531 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 910
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2000
Made 28th March 2000
Laid before Parliament 31st March 2000
Coming into force 3rd April 2000

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30 and 146(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1996 c. 53; the Secretary of State can exercise the power under these sections only in relation to England; see article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and the entry for the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in Schedule 1 to that Order.

Citation, commencement and extent
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.

Amendments
2. (1) In regulation 10(1) (the applicable amount) of the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 for sub-paragraph (b) substitute:

“(b) £50 or, where the application is for a disabled facilities grant to carry out works for the benefit of a disabled person who is a child or young person, £65.”.

S.I. 1996/2890; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/531 but see regulation 3 of these Regulations.

Revocation
3. Regulations 7, 9 and 10 and 22(5) of the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 are hereby revoked.
S.I. 2000/531.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
24th March 2000
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Clive Betts
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
28th March 2000

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 “the principal Regulations” and the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 (which amend the principal Regulations).
The principal Regulations set out the means test for determining the amount of renovation grant, disabled facilities grant and common parts grant which may be paid by local housing authorities to owner-occupier or tenant applicants under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 10 of the principal Regulations (the applicable amount) by increasing the applicable amount (which is an amount to be deducted from an applicant’s financial resources as part of the means test). The amendment provides for a larger amount for an application for disabled facilities grant to carry out works for the benefit of a child or young person.
Regulation 3 amends the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 by revoking the amendments to the principal Regulations that set out the housing allowance.