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Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
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250 Application of this Part to houses situated in a housing action area and power of local authority to give repairs grants in such areas and amount thereof.S
(1)The provisions of this Part shall apply to houses which are to be brought up to the standard specified by a local authority under section 90 or 91 and which are situated in housing action areas for improvement or for demolition and improvement within the meaning of Part IV, but subject to the modifications contained in subsections [F1 (6) and] (7) below.
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(6)Sections 238(1), in so far as it relates to refusal to approve an application, and 244 shall not apply, but a local authority shall make an improvement grant to an owner of a house situated in a housing action area as aforesaid in respect of such improvement works as may, in their opinion, be required for the house to be brought up to the standard specified by the local authority in a resolution passed under section 90 or 91 in relation to that area:
Provided that an improvement grant shall not be made in pursuance of this subsection in respect of a house which is comprised in a building containing more than one house, if the local authority are of the opinion that the improvement works to be carried out on that house would prevent any other house in that building from being brought up to the standard specified as aforesaid.
(7)In section 248—
(a)for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
“(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, where an application for a repairs grant is duly made, a local authority shall approve the application in so far as it relates to the execution of works to houses to which the provisions of this Part are applied by section 250(1).
(2)A local authority shall not approve an application under this section unless on completion of the works the house will attain the standard specified in the resolution passed under section 90 or 91.”;
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F1Words in s. 250(1) substituted (1.10.2003) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), s. 113(1), sch. 10 para. 13(32)(a); S.S.I. 2003/434, art. 2, sch. (with arts. 3, 4)
F2S. 250(2)-(5) repealed (1.10.2003) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), s. 113(1), sch. 10 para. 13(32)(b); S.S.I. 2003/434, art. 2, sch. (with arts. 3, 4)
F3S. 250(7)(b)(c) repealed (1.10.2003) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), s. 113(1), sch. 10 para. 13(32)(b); S.S.I. 2003/434, art. 2, sch. (with arts. 3, 4)
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