Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)
C2Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)
(1)A local housing authority shall not entertain a tenant’s application for a F1. . . grant unless it is accompanied by a tenant’s certificate.
(2)A “tenant’s certificate”, for the purposes of an application for a F2. . . grant, certifies—
(a)that the application is a tenant’s application, and
(b)that the applicant intends that he (if he is the disabled occupant) or the disabled occupant will live in the dwelling or flat as his only or main residence throughout the grant condition period or for such shorter period as his health and other relevant circumstances permit.
(3)Except where the authority consider it unreasonable in the circumstances to require such a certificate, they shall not entertain a tenant’s application for a F3. . . grant unless it is also accompanied by an owner’s certificate from the person who at the time of the application is the landlord under the tenancy.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 22 repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 5(c), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))
F2Words in s. 22 repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 5(c), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))
F3Words in s. 22 repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 5(c), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))