2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Executive shall not entertain an application for assistance unless it is satisfied that the applicant or his partner is in receipt of income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit or working tax credit.
(2) The condition in paragraph (1) does not apply –
(a)to an applicant who is elderly, disabled or infirm, or
(b)in respect of works to adapt a property to enable an elderly or infirm person, who lives or proposes to live in the property, to be cared for.