PART XIIIS LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION

Improvement grantsS

Valid from 01/10/2003

[F1237A Offences in relation to applications for improvement grantS

(1)A person who—

(a)knowingly or recklessly makes a statement—

(i)in an application for an improvement grant,

(ii)in response to a requirement made under section 237(3),

which is false in a material particular,

(b)fails, without reasonable excuse, to notify the local authority of any change of circumstances material to that person’s case, or

(c)fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under section 237(3),

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]

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