Version Superseded: 17/12/1996
Point in time view as at 01/04/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Section 120 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)This section applies where an application for a renovation grant (otherthan a tenant’s application) has been approved by a local housing authorityand the application for the grant was accompanied by a certificate of intended letting.
(2)It is a condition of the grant that—
(a)where an owner makes a relevant disposal (other than an exempt disposal)of the dwelling with vacant possession within the initial period, he shall payto the local housing authority on demand the amount of the grant; and
(b)where an owner makes such a disposal otherwise than with vacant possessionwithin the initial period, he shall pay to the authority on demand the amountof the grant, reduced by one-fifth for each complete year which has elapsedafter the certified date and before the disposal.
(3)A condition under subsection (2) above is a local land charge and shall,subject to subsection (5) and section 125 below, remain in force with respectto the dwelling for a period of five years from the certified date.
(4)So long as a condition under subsection (2) above remains in force withrespect to a dwelling it is binding on any person who is for the time beingan owner of the dwelling.
(5)On satisfaction of the liability arising from a demand under this section,any condition under subsection (2) above shall cease to be in force withrespect to the dwelling in question.
(6)The expressions “relevant disposal” and “exempt disposal” have the meanings assigned by section 124below.
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