Housing Act 1985

Part II E+W F1 ANNUAL GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL HOUSING

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 15 Pt. II heafing substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(3); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 15 Pt. II restricted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(1); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

(s. 46 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958) E+W

[F2 Annual grants by local housing authorities] E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 1 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(4); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

[F3 1 (1) Annual grants shall, notwithstanding the abolition of exchequer contributions by paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 18 to the M1 Housing Act 1996, continue to be payable by local housing authorities in respect of agricultural housing provided in pursuance of arrangements made under section 46 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958. E+W

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, such annual grants are payable, in respect of any house as to which the Secretary of State originally undertook to make annual contributions under section 46 of the M2 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958, for the remainder of the 40 year period for which that undertaking was given.

(3) The amount paid by way of annual grant to the owner of a house shall not be less than the amount of the last annual contribution paid by the Secretary of State in respect of the house.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 1 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(4); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1958 c. 42.

M2 1958 c. 42.

[F4 Conditions of payment of annual grant] E+W

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 2 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(5); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

[F5 2 (1) It is a condition of the payment of a grant in respect of a house in any year that throughout the year the house— E+W

(a) is reserved for members of the agricultural population, and

(b) if let, is let at a rent not exceeding the limit applicable in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph,

and that in the opinion of the local housing authority all reasonable steps have been taken to secure the maintenance of the house in a proper state of repair during the year.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 2 and cross-heading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(5); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

3 (1) In the case of a house completed on or after 18th April 1946 the payment of a [F6 grant] for any year during which the house is at any time occupied by a member of the agricultural population in pursuance of a contract of service and otherwise than as a tenant is also subject to the following condition. E+W

(2) The condition is that if the contract of service is terminated—

(a) by less than four weeks’ notice given by the employer, or

(b) by dismissal of the employee without notice, or

(c) by the death of either party,

the employer or his personal representatives will permit the employee (or, in the case of his death, any person residing with him at his death) to continue to occupy the house free of charge from the determination of the contract until the expiration of a period of four weeks beginning with the date on which the notice is given, or, if the contract is determined otherwise than by notice, with the date on which it is determined.

Textual Amendments

F6 Word in Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 3(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(6); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

Grants payable to owners by local housing authority E+W

[F7 4 E+W A grant shall not be made or shall be reduced, as the local housing authority think fit, if (before the grant is paid) the local housing authority are of the opinion that during the whole or the greater part of the period to which the payment of the grant is referable the house has not been available as a dwelling fit for habitation, unless the authority is satisfied that that could not with reasonable diligence have been achieved.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 4 substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(7); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

No further payments if house vests in local housing authority E+W

5 E+W Where a house which has been provided under arrangements under section 46 of the M3 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 becomes vested in the local housing authority making the arrangements, no further sums are payable by F8 . . . the authority in respect of the house under this Part of this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 5 omitted (1.10.1996) by virtue of 1996 c. 52, s. 222, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 6(8); S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M3 1958 c. 42.