Section 89.
1The repeal by this Act of any enactment relating to any grant, contribution or subsidy shall not affect any power or duty to act on any application or arrangements made or proposals approved before the commencement of this Act, any power to reduce the rate at which any such grant, contribution or subsidy is to be paid, any obligation to observe any condition falling to be observed in pursuance of such an enactment, any obligation to make a payment in consequence of a breach of such a condition, any power to vary the rate of interest on such a payment or the imposition of such a condition by such an enactment in a case where a standard grant or improvement grant is paid by virtue of this paragraph.
2The repeal by this Act of section 18 of the [1958 c. 42.] Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 is without prejudice to the exercise, with respect to any event occurring before the commencement of this Act, of any power under that section.
3The repeal by this Act of references in any provision of the [1968 c. 23.] Rent Act 1968 to any enactment contained in the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 or the [1959 c. 33.] House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 does not affect the operation of that provision in relation to any grant paid in pursuance of an application made before the commencement of this Act.
4The repeal by this Act of section 16 of the Rent Act 1968 does not affect the operation of that section in relation to the letting of any dwelling-house while the conditions mentioned in that section require to be observed.
5The repeal by this Act of section 49 of the Rent Act 1968 does not affect the operation of that section in relation to any dwelling-house while such a condition relating to the rent of the dwelling-house as is mentioned in that section requires to be observed.
6The references in sections 2(4) and 12 of this Act to a standard grant shall be construed as including references to a grant under section 4 of the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959.
7The references in section 20 of this Act to a standard contribution and to the allowable cost determined under section 19 of this Act shall be construed respectively as including references to a contribution under section 13 of the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 and one-half of the amount referred to in section 14(1) of that Act or, as the case may be, section 51 of the [1964 c. 56.] Housing Act 1964.