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5(1)The repeal by this Act of sections 17 to 20 of the [1969 c. 33.] Housing Act 1969 shall not apply in any case where an application for an improvement contribution or a standard contribution has been approved before the day appointed for the coming into operation of that repeal.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above " improvement contribution " and "standard contribution" have the same meanings as in sections 18 to 20 of the Housing Act 1969.

6Subject to section 35(7) of this Act, the repeal by this Act of section 21 of the Housing Act 1969 or, as the case may be, section 16 or section 17 of the [1968 c. 31.] Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 shall not affect the continued operation of that section in relation to any such arrangements as are referred to in subsection (1) of that section if, before the day appointed for the coming into operation of that repeal, approval has been given in accordance with subsection (2) of the said section 21 or, in Scotland, section 14 of the said Act of 1968 as applied by section 17(1)(ii) of that Act to the making and terms of those arrangements.

7(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the repeal by this Act of any provision of Part I of the Housing Act 1969 shall not affect the continued operation of that Part in relation to any case where an application for a grant under that Part has been made (whether or not it has been approved) before the day appointed for the coming into operation of that repeal.

(2)For the purpose of allowing an application for a grant under Part VII of this Act to be made notwithstanding that all or some of the works in respect of which that grant is to be sought were specified in an application, made before the day appointed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, for a grant under Part I of the Housing Act 1969, the local authority to whom that application was made shall allow it to be withdrawn (whether or not it has been approved) unless they are satisfied that the works specified in the application have been begun.

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