Outstanding social housing grant applications
19.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to an application made before the commencement date for grant under section 18 or 27A of the 1996 Act (grants) where the application was not determined or withdrawn before the commencement date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for determining the application.
(2) The application is to be treated, on and after that date, as an application for social housing assistance by way of grant under section 19 of the 2008 Act (financial assistance).