Procedures applying to all categories of grant assistance
5. In addition to the procedures referred to in regulation 4(c) the procedures set out in the following paragraphs are to be followed by a local authority in considering whether grant assistance of any category is to be provided–
(a)all applications for grant, offers of grant, acceptances of offers of grant, and applications for payment of grant shall be in writing;
(b)all applications for grant shall be subject to an appraisal to ensure that–
(i)any project for which grant is provided is consistent with priorities identified in that local authority’s local housing strategy; and
(ii)the grant does not exceed the minimum required to enable a project to proceed taking into account funding available from all other sources;
(c)the grant applicant must demonstrate to the local authority’s satisfaction that it shall have sufficient funding from all sources to complete the project for which the grant is provided; and
(d)no grant is paid in advance of or in excess of expenditure incurred for a project, save where the grant recipient is an RSL and the grant is required in respect of the acquisition of the subjects in which circumstances grant may be paid within 14 days prior to the expenditure being incurred by that RSL in respect of that acquisition.