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20.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to an application made before the commencement date for grant under section 20 of the 1996 Act (purchase grant where right to acquire exercised) where—
(a)the application was not determined or withdrawn before the commencement date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for determining the application, or
(b)the application was determined before the commencement date in favour of the applicant but no grant was paid before that date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for paying the grant.
(2) The application is to be treated, on and after that date, as an application (or, as the case may be, a determined application) for financial assistance by way of grant under section 19 of the 2008 Act.
(3) The requirement for the consent of the Secretary of State in section 19(1) of the 2008 Act is to be treated as having been met in the case of determined applications.
(4) Section 35 of the 2008 Act (duty to give financial assistance in relation to certain disposals) applies to an application to which sub-paragraph (2) applies as if the application were in respect of any discount given to a person exercising the right to acquire conferred by section 180 of the 2008 Act (right to acquire).
(5) Sub-paragraph (6) applies to an application made before the commencement date for grant under section 21(2) of the 1996 Act (purchase grant in respect of other disposals) where—
(a)the application was not determined or withdrawn before the commencement date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for determining the application, or
(b)the application was determined before the commencement date in favour of the applicant but no grant was paid before that date and, immediately before that date, the HCA was responsible for paying the grant.
(6) The application is to be treated, on and after that date, as an application (or, as the case may be, a determined application) for financial assistance by way of grant under section 19 of the 2008 Act.
(7) The requirement for the consent of the Secretary of State in section 19(1) of the 2008 Act is to be treated as having been met in the case of determined applications.
(8) Section 35 of the 2008 Act applies to an application to which sub-paragraph (6) applies as if the application were in respect of any discount given on a disposal of a dwelling in England to a qualifying tenant otherwise than in pursuance of the right conferred by section 180 of the 2008 Act.
(9) Any specification which, immediately before the commencement date, is in force and made (or treated as made) by the HCA under section 20(3) or 21(3) of the 1996 Act is to be treated on and after that date as if it were made under section 35(5) of the 2008 Act in relation to the type of grants concerned; and the specification is to be read as modified accordingly.
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