Housing Act 1996, Section 181 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 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 has effect as to the terms and conditions on which assistance is given under section 179 or 180.
(2)Assistance shall be on such terms, and subject to such conditions, as the person giving the assistance may determine.
(3)No assistance shall be given unless the person to whom it is given undertakes—
(a)to use the money, furniture or other goods or premises for a specified purpose, and
(b)to provide such information as may reasonably be required as to the manner in which the assistance is being used.
The person giving the assistance may require such information by notice in writing, which shall be complied with within 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice is served.
(4)The conditions subject to which assistance is given shall in all cases include conditions requiring the person to whom the assistance is given—
(a)to keep proper books of account and have them audited in such manner as may be specified,
(b)to keep records indicating how he has used the money, furniture or other goods or premises, and
(c)to submit the books of account and records for inspection by the person giving the assistance.
(5)If it appears to the person giving the assistance that the person to whom it was given has failed to carry out his undertaking as to the purpose for which the assistance was to be used, he shall take all reasonable steps to recover from that person an amount equal to the amount of the assistance.
(6)He must first serve on the person to whom the assistance was given a notice specifying the amount which in his opinion is recoverable and the basis on which that amount has been calculated.
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