46Applications for housing association grant
(1)A housing association grant is not payable in respect of a project unless an application for it is submitted to the appropriate body.
(2)The appropriate body in England and Wales is—
(a)where the housing association concerned makes an application to a local authority for a loan under section 58(2) in connection with the project, that authority, and
(b)in any other case, the Housing Corporation.
(3)The appropriate body in Scotland is a local authority, the Housing Corporation or the Secretary of State.
(4)Where a local authority or the Housing Corporation receive an application under this section, they shall forward it to the Secretary of State together with their own assessment of the project.