House Purchase and Housing Act 1959

13 Contributions to local authorities in respect of standard amenities provided by them

(1) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the Minister shall make a contribution to a local authority in respect of the improvement by them of any dwelling by such works as may be required for the dwelling to be provided, for the exclusive use of its occupants, with the standard amenities, if an application in that behalf is made to him by the local authority and approved by him before the works are begun and the works are executed to his satisfaction.

(2) An application under this section must specify the dwelling and the works proposed to be carried out and, where those works comprise the provision of part only of the standard amenities, must contain a statement that the dwelling is already provided with the remainder.

(3) The Minister shall approve an application for a contribution under this section if he is satisfied that after the execution of the works specified in the application the dwelling will be in such condition as not to be unfit for human habitation and that it is likely to remain in that condition and available for use as a dwelling for a period of not less than fifteen years ; and he shall not approve the application if he is not so satisfied.

(4) The following authorities in England and Wales shall be local authorities for the purposes of this section, that is to say, the councils of counties, county boroughs, county districts and metropolitan boroughs, and the Common Council of the City of London.

(5) An application under this section shall not be entertained if it relates to a dwelling provided after the end of the year nineteen hundred and forty-four, unless the dwelling was provided by the conversion before the end of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-eight of a building erected before the end of the year nineteen hundred and forty-four.