Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

95 Parsonages, charities, &c

(1) The provisions of Chapter I (main grants) mentioned below do not apply to—

(a) an application for a grant in respect of glebe land or the residence house of an ecclesiastical benefice, or

(b) an application for a grant made by a charity or on behalf of a charity by the charity trustees of the charity.

(2) Those provisions are—

(a) sections 7 to 11 (conditions for application for renovation grant);

(b) sections 19, 21 and 22 (conditions for application for disabled facilities grant);

(c) sections 25 and 26 (conditions for application for HMO grant).

(3) In considering under section 31 the amount (if any) of the grant where the applicant is a charity or the application is in respect of glebe land, the local housing authority shall have regard, in addition to the matters mentioned in that section, to any obligation or practice on the part of the applicant to let dwellings at a rent less than that which could be obtained on the open market.

(4) In Chapter II (group repair schemes), in section 64(2) (persons eligible to participate in group repair scheme as assisted participants), the requirement in paragraph (a) that a person give an owner-occupation certificate or a certificate of intended letting does not apply if—

(a) the person concerned is a charity or the trustee of a charity, or

(b) the dwelling is the residence house of an ecclesiastical benefice;

and the requirement in paragraph (b) that a person give a certificate of future occupation does not apply if the person concerned is a charity or the trustee of a charity.

(5) In Chapter III (home repair assistance), section 77(1)(c) (condition that applicant have owner’s interest or tenancy) does not apply to an application by an individual in respect of glebe land or the residence house of an ecclesiastical benefice.

(6) In this section “charity” does not include a registered social landlord but otherwise has the same meaning as in the [1993 c. 10.] Charities Act 1993.