18 Application
1 An amendment made by these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for grant made before that amendment came into operation.
2 The amendment made by regulation 13(3) to paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts; family premiums) shall not have effect in a case where–
(a) the relevant person was a lone parent throughout the period starting on 5th April 1998 and ending on the date the application is made; and
(b) no premium is applicable under paragraph 8, 9, 10 or 11 of that Schedule, and, in such a case, for paragraph 3 of that Schedule there shall be substituted–

“3 Where the relevant person is a lone parent and no premium is applicable under paragraphs 8, 9, 10 or 11, £22.05.”

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3 In paragraph (20), “lone parent” and “relevant person” have the same meaning as in the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.