Part VIII Grants Towards Cost of Improvements and Repairs etc.
Approvals, notification and payment
C1113 Duty to approve applications arising out of certain statutory notices.
1
Subject to section 112(3) above and subsection (3) below, a local housingauthority shall approve an application falling within section 110(1) above (inthis section referred to as a “landlord’s application") if completion ofthe relevant works is necessary to comply with a notice or notices under oneor more of the following provisions—
a
section 189 of the Housing Act 1985 (repair notice requiring works torender premises fit for human habitation);
b
section 190 of that Act (repair notice in respect of premises in state ofdisrepair but not unfit); and
c
section 352 of that Act (notice requiring works to render premises fit fornumber of occupants).
2
Subject to section 112(3) above and subsection (3) below, a local housingauthority shall approve an application for a grant which is accompanied by anowner-occupation certificate (in this section referred to as an “owner-occupier’s application") if completion of the relevant works isnecessary to comply with a notice under section 190 of the Housing Act 1985.
3
If, in the case of a landlord’s application or an owner-occupier’sapplication, the local housing authority consider that the relevant worksinclude works (“the additional works") in addition to those necessary tocomply with a notice under section 189, section 190 or section 352 of theHousing Act 1985, they shall treat the application—
a
as an application to which this section applies in so far as it relatesto works other than the additional works; and
b
as an application to which section 115 below applies in so far as itrelates to the additional works.