Part VIIIGrants Towards Cost of Improvements and Repairs etc.
Approvals, notification and payment
113Duty to approve applications arising out of certain statutory notices
1
Subject to section 112(3) above and subsection (3) below, a local housing authority shall approve an application falling within section 110(1) above (in this section referred to as a “landlord’s application”) if completion of the relevant works is necessary to comply with a notice or notices under one or more of the following provisions—
a
section 189 of the Housing Act 1985 (repair notice requiring works to render premises fit for human habitation);
b
section 190 of that Act (repair notice in respect of premises in state of disrepair but not unfit); and
c
section 352 of that Act (notice requiring works to render premises fit for number of occupants).
2
Subject to section 112(3) above and subsection (3) below, a local housing authority shall approve an application for a grant which is accompanied by an owner-occupation certificate (in this section referred to as an “owner-occupier’s application”) if completion of the relevant works is necessary 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’s application, the local housing authority consider that the relevant works include works (“the additional works”) in addition to those necessary to comply with a notice under section 189, section 190 or section 352 of the Housing Act 1985, they shall treat the application—
a
as an application to which this section applies in so far as it relates to works other than the additional works; and
b
as an application to which section 115 below applies in so far as it relates to the additional works.