The Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (Wales) Regulations 1999

Made16th November 1999

Coming into force17th November 1999

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by section 79 (2) and (3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 19961, which are now vested in it2, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Wales only.

Extension of home repair assistance2.

The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker’s allowance3 as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 a local housing authority may provide home repair assistance in the form of a grant or the provision of materials for the carrying out of works of repair, improvement or adaptation to a dwelling.

For entitlement to home repair assistance a local housing authority has to be satisfied that the conditions set out in section 77(1) of the Act apply. These include the condition that the applicant or the applicant’s partner is in receipt of a benefit listed in subsection (1)(e).

These Regulations enable income-based jobseeker’s allowance to be treated as a benefit within that subsection.

These Regulations extend to Wales only.