Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53)

Part I U.K. Grants, &c. for renewal of private sector housing

Chapter I U.K. The main grants

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)

C2 Pt. 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)

Supplementary provisions E+W

58 Minor definitions: Chapter I. E+W

In this Chapter—

• [F1 “caravan”—

  (a)

  means a caravan within the meaning of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968); and

  (b)

  includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;]

• “common parts”, in relation to a building, includes the structure and exterior of the building and common facilities provided, whether in the building or elsewhere, for persons who include the occupiers of one or more flats in the building;

• “common parts application”, in relation to an application for a F2 . . . grant, means an application in respect of works to the common parts of a building containing one or more flats;

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “flat” means a dwelling which is a separate set of premises, whether or not on the same floor, divided horizontally from some other part of the building.

• [F4 “premises” includes a qualifying houseboat or a [F5 caravan];]

• [F6 “qualifying houseboat” means a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place of permanent habitation which—

  (a)

  has its only or main mooring within the area of a single local housing authority;

  (b)

  is moored in pursuance of a right to that mooring; and

  (c)

  is a dwelling for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax),

  and includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;]

• F7 ...

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 58 inserted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(7)(a), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))

F2 In s. 58 in definition of "common parts application" words repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 25(a), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F3 In s. 58 definition of "conversion application" 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. 25(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))

F4 In s. 58 definition of "premises" inserted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 25(c) (with art. 11(2))

F5 Word in s. 58 substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(7)(b), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))

F6 In s. 58 definition of "qualifying houseboat" inserted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 25(c) (with art. 11(2))

F7 Words in s. 58 repealed (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(7)(c), 270(3)(a), Sch. 16 (with s. 224(9))