Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

3 Ineligible applicants. E+W

(1) No grant is payable under this Chapter unless the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of the application.

In the case of a joint application, any applicant under the age of 18 years on the date of the application shall be left out of account.

(2) No grant is payable under this Chapter if the person who would otherwise qualify as the applicant for the grant is—

(a) a local authority;

(b) a [F1 development] corporation;

(c) an urban development corporation;

(d) a housing action trust;

F2 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) [F3 NHS England] [F4 , an integrated care board,] F5 ... [F6 Local Health Board], special health authority F7 ... [F8 , NHS trust or NHS foundation trust];

[F9 (g) a police and crime commissioner;]

(h) a joint authority established by Part IV of the M1 Local Government Act 1985;

(i) a residuary body established by Part VII of that Act; F10 . . .

(j) an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal);

F11 (ja) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F12 (jb) an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

(jc) a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;] [F13 or

[F14 (jd) a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;]

[F15 (k) the London Fire Commissioner.]]

(3) No grant is payable under this Chapter if the applicant is of a description excluded from entitlement to grant aid by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

F16 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F17 (4A) Regulations under subsection (3) [F18 made by the Secretary of State] may proceed wholly or in part by reference to the provisions relating to entitlement to—

(a) housing benefit;

(b) universal credit; or

(c) any other form of assistance,

as they have effect from time to time.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48 (with Sch. 2) (see S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(b))

F2 S. 3(2)(e) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F3 Words in s. 3 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F4 Words in s. 3(2)(f) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 50; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F5 Words in s. 3(2)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 76(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F6 Words in s. 3(2)(f) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 28

F7 Words in s. 3(2)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 76(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F8 Words in s. 3(2)(f) substituted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 4 para. 103; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2

F9 S. 3(2)(g) substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 220; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)

F10 Word in s. 3(2)(i) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. VIII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(i)

F11 S. 3(2)(ja) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(28); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)

F12 S. 3(2)(jb)(jc) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 88; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)

F13 S. 3(2)(k) and preceding word inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 60 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)

F14 S. 3(2)(jd) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 119 (with s. 247)

F15 S. 3(2)(k) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 101; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

F16 S. 3(4) omitted (W.) (17.7.2013) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential Provisions) (Childcare, Housing and Transport) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1788), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

F17 S. 3(4A) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 13(3)

F18 Words in s. 3(4A) omitted (W.) (17.7.2013) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential Provisions) (Childcare, Housing and Transport) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1788), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 3 wholly in force; S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 150; S. 3 in force for certain purposes at 11.9.1996 by S.I. 1996/2352, art. 2(2); s. 3 in force insofar as not already in force at 17.12.1996 by S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 51.