Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

81 Notification of decisions

(1) On approving an application for a grant or loan the local authority must notify the applicant of—

(a) the approved expense,

(b) the applicant’s contribution (where it has been assessed under section 77),

(c) the amount of the grant or loan (and, where the grant or loan is a minimum percentage grant or loan, a statement of that fact), and

(d) the terms (including, in the case of a loan, terms as to interest and repayment) on which the grant or loan is offered.

(2) Where the applicant is not the owner of the land on or premises in which the work to which the application relates is to be, or is being, carried out, the local authority must notify the owner of the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(c) and (d).

(3) In relation to a loan the notice must also advise the applicant to obtain independent advice from a suitably qualified person on the terms on which the loan is offered.

(4) Where an authority—

(a) refuses an application, or

(b) approves an application but fixes as the approved expense in respect of any land or premises an amount less than the amount of the expense estimated in the application or, as the case may be, the proportion of that expense specified in the application in respect of that land or those premises (unless the approved expense is the maximum amount which may be fixed by virtue of an order made under section 76(4)),

it must notify the applicant of the reasons for its decision.