23 Disabled facilities grants for housing purposes
1 If the following conditions are met in relation to an application for a grant under section 1(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) which is approved after the commencement of these Regulations and before the expiry date, the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of that Act have effect subject to the provisions of Schedule 2.
1996 c. 53. The following amendments to the 1996 Act were made by the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860): the definition of ‘premises’ was inserted by article 11(1), Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 25(c); the definition of ‘disabled occupant’ was amended by articles 11(1) and 15(1), Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 5(a); and section 19(1)(c) was inserted by article 11(1), Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 4(1) and (2)(b).
2 Condition A is that the premises to which the application relates are—
(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), in a pilot area other than the county of Essex, or
(b) notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a), in any of the non-metropolitan districts of Brentwood, Harlow or Uttlesford.
3 Condition B is that the disabled occupant to whom the application relates is aged 18 or over.
4 Condition C is that the applicant is—
(a) a person falling within section 19(1)(a) of the 1996 Act (person having or proposing to acquire an owner’s interest),
(b) a person falling within section 19(1)(b) of the 1996 Act (tenants) in a case where the landlord is a registered provider of social housing, or
(c) a person falling within section 19(1)(c) of the 1996 Act (occupiers of houseboats and caravans).