495Repairs grants not within s. 494 are discretionary.
(1)To the extent that the application does not fall within section 494 (mandatory grants for works required by repairs notice), the local housing authority may approve an application for a repairs grant in such circumstances as they think fit.
(2)Subsection (1) has effect subject to the following provisions (which restrict the cases in which applications may be approved)—
section 463(2) (person who proposes to acquire but has not yet acquired an owner’s interest),
section 465 (works already begun),
section 491(2) (nature of works for which repairs grants may be given),
section 492 (dwelling in respect of which repairs grants may be given), and
section 493 (standard of repair to be attained).