Housing and Planning Act 1986

10 (1) Section 514 of the Housing Act 1985 (power of local housing authority to carry out works with agreement of person by whom application for grant might be made) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (2) (definition of "requisite interest") substitute—

“(2) The reference in subsection (1) to a person having the requisite interest is, except in the case of a common parts grant, to a person who has an owner's interest in every parcel of land on which the relevant works are to be carried out; and in this subsection " owner's interest" has the same meaning as in section 463(1)(fl).

(2A) The reference in subsection (1) to a person having the requisite interest is in the case of a common parts grant to a person who as regards the relevant works either—

(a) has a duty to carry them out, or

(b) has power to carry them out and has a qualifying interest in the building or in a dwelling in the building;

and in this subsection ' qualifying interest' has the same meaning as in section 464A(1)(b).”.