Application
18.—(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.”.
(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.