Part I Grants, &c. for renewal of private sector housing

C1C2 Chapter I The main grants

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)

C2

Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)

Preliminary conditions

I13 Ineligible applicants.

1

No grant is payable under this Chapter unless the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of the application.

In the case of a joint application, any applicant under the age of 18 years on the date of the application shall be left out of account.

2

No grant is payable under this Chapter if the person who would otherwise qualify as the applicant for the grant is—

a

a local authority;

b

a F9development corporation;

c

an urban development corporation;

d

a housing action trust;

F1e

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f

F19NHS EnglandF20, an integrated care board,F12... F8Local Health Board, special health authority F13... F7, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust;

F11g

a police and crime commissioner;

h

a joint authority established by Part IV of the M1Local Government Act 1985;

i

a residuary body established by Part VII of that Act; F2. . .

j

an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal);

F17ja

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F10jb

an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

jc

a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;F3or

F21jd

a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

F18k

the London Fire Commissioner.

3

No grant is payable under this Chapter if the applicant is of a description excluded from entitlement to grant aid by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

F164

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F144A

Regulations under subsection (3) F15made by the Secretary of State may proceed wholly or in part by reference to the provisions relating to entitlement to—

a

housing benefit;

b

universal credit; or

c

any other form of assistance,

as they have effect from time to time.

4 The age of the property.

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Excluded descriptions of works.

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Defective dwellings.

F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .