Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

Supplementary provisionsE+W

56 Provisions relating to death of applicant.E+W

(1)References in this Chapter to the applicant, in relation to a grant or an application for a grant, shall be construed in relation to any time after his death as a reference to his personal representatives.

(2)Where the applicant dies after liability has been incurred for any preliminary or ancillary services or charges, the local housing authority may, if they think fit, pay grant in respect of some or all of those matters.

(3)Where the applicant dies after the relevant works have been begun and before the certified date, the local housing authority may, if they think fit, pay grant in respect of some or all of the works already carried out and other relevant works covered by the application.

(4)Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the provisions as to grant conditions applying in relation to any payment of grant under subsection (2) or (3).

57 Power of local housing authority to carry out works which would attract grant.E+W

(1)A local housing authority may by agreement with a person having the requisite interest execute at his expense—

(a)any works towards the cost of which a grant under this Chapter is payable or might be paid on an application duly made and approved, and

(b)any further works which it is in their opinion necessary or desirable to execute together with the works mentioned in paragraph (a).

[F1(2)In subsection (1), the reference to a person having the requisite interest is a reference to—

(a)in the case of a qualifying houseboat or [F2caravan], the person who is—

(i)entitled to possession of the premises at which the qualifying houseboat is moored or the [F3land] on which the [F2caravan] is stationed, or

(ii)entitled to dispose of the qualifying houseboat or [F2caravan], or

(b)in any other case, the person who has an owner’s interest.]

(3)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

58 Minor definitions: Chapter I.E+W

In this Chapter—

• [F5“caravan”—

  (a)

  means a caravan within the meaning of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968); and

  (b)

  includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;]

• “common parts”, in relation to a building, includes the structure and exterior of the building and common facilities provided, whether in the building or elsewhere, for persons who include the occupiers of one or more flats in the building;

• “common parts application”, in relation to an application for a F6. . . grant, means an application in respect of works to the common parts of a building containing one or more flats;

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “flat” means a dwelling which is a separate set of premises, whether or not on the same floor, divided horizontally from some other part of the building.

• [F8“premises” includes a qualifying houseboat or a [F9caravan];]

• [F10“qualifying houseboat” means a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place of permanent habitation which—

  (a)

  has its only or main mooring within the area of a single local housing authority;

  (b)

  is moored in pursuance of a right to that mooring; and

  (c)

  is a dwelling for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax),

  and includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;]

• F11...

59.E+W

In this Chapter the expressions listed below are defined by or otherwise fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions indicated—