Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)
(1)References in this Chapter to the applicant, in relation to a grant or an application for a grant, shall be construed in relation to any time after his death as a reference to his personal representatives.
(2)Where the applicant dies after liability has been incurred for any preliminary or ancillary services or charges, the local housing authority may, if they think fit, pay grant in respect of some or all of those matters.
(3)Where the applicant dies after the relevant works have been begun and before the certified date, the local housing authority may, if they think fit, pay grant in respect of some or all of the works already carried out and other relevant works covered by the application.
(4)Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the provisions as to grant conditions applying in relation to any payment of grant under subsection (2) or (3).
(1)A local housing authority may by agreement with a person having the requisite interest execute at his expense—
(a)any works towards the cost of which a grant under this Chapter is payable or might be paid on an application duly made and approved, and
(b)any further works which it is in their opinion necessary or desirable to execute together with the works mentioned in paragraph (a).
(2)Except in the case of a common parts grant, the “requisite interest” means a qualifying owner’s interest for the purposes of a renovation grant, or an owner’s interest for the purposes of a disabled facilities grant or HMO grant, as the case may be.
(3)In the case of a common parts grant, the reference in subsection (1) to a person having the requisite interest is a reference to the person who has—
(a)an owner’s interest in the building, or
(b)such an interest in a flat in the building as is mentioned in section 14(2)(a) to (d) (occupying tenants),
and has a power or duty to carry out the relevant works.
In this Chapter—
“common parts”, in relation to a building, includes the structure and exterior of the building and common facilities provided, whether in the building or elsewhere, for persons who include the occupiers of one or more flats in the building;
“common parts application”, in relation to an application for a disabled facilities grant, means an application in respect of works to the common parts of a building containing one or more flats;
“conversion application”—
in relation to an application for a renovation grant, means an application in respect of works required for the provision of one or more dwellings by the conversion of a house or other building, and
in relation to an application for an HMO grant, means an application for a grant in respect of works for the provision of a house in multiple occupation by the conversion of a house or other building;
“flat” means a dwelling which is a separate set of premises, whether or not on the same floor, divided horizontally from some other part of the building.
In this Chapter the expressions listed below are defined by or otherwise fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions indicated—
| certificate of future occupation (in relation to an application for an HMO grant) | section 26(2) |
| certificate of intended letting (in relation to an application for a renovation grant) | section 8(3) |
| certified date | section 44(3)(b) |
| common parts | section 58 |
| common parts application (in relation to a disabled facilities grant) | section 58 |
| common parts grant | section 1(3) |
| connected (with the owner of a dwelling) | section 98(2) |
| conversion application | section 58 |
| disabled facilities grant | section 1(4) |
| disabled occupant | section 20 |
| disabled person | section 100(1) to (3) |
| dwelling | section 101 |
| elderly | section 101 |
| eligible works | section 34(2)(a) |
| estimated expense | section 34(2) |
| exempt disposal | section 54 |
| fit for human habitation | section 97(1) |
| flat | section 58 |
| grant (without more) | section 1(6) |
| grant condition | section 44(1) |
| grant condition period | section 44(3)(a) |
| HMO grant | section 1(5) |
| house in multiple occupation | section 101 |
| housing action trust | section 101 |
| improvement | section 101 |
| introductory tenant | section 101 |
| landlord’s application | |
| –in relation to a renovation grant | section 10(6) |
| –in relation to a common parts grant | section 15(1) and (2) |
| local authority | section 101 |
| local housing authority | section 101 |
| long tenancy | section 101 |
| member of family | section 98(1) |
| new town corporation | section 101 |
| occupying tenant (in relation to an application for a common parts grant) | section 14(2) |
| owner | sections 99 and 101 |
| owner-occupation certificate (in relation to an application for a renovation grant) | section 8(2) |
| owner’s application | |
| –in relation to a renovation grant | section 7(1) and (2) |
| –in relation to a disabled facilities grant | section 19(1) and (2) |
| owner’s certificate (in relation to an application for a disabled facilities grant) | section 21(2) |
| owner’s interest | section 101 |
| participating landlord (in relation to a tenants’ application for a common parts grant) | section 15(4) |
| partner | section 101 |
| preliminary or ancillary services and charges | section 2(3) |
| prescribed | section 101 |
| qualifying owner’s interest | |
| –in relation to an application for a renovation grant | section 7(4) |
| –in relation to an application for a disabled facilities grant | section 19(4) |
| –in relation to an application for an HMO grant | section 25(3) |
| qualifying tenant | |
| –in relation to an application for a renovation grant | section 7(5) |
| –in relation to an application for a disabled facilities grant | section 19(4) |
| reasonable repair | section 96 |
| registered social landlord | section 101 |
| relevant disposal | section 53 |
| relevant works (in relation to a grant application) | section 2(2)(a) |
| renewal area | section 101 |
| renovation grant | section 1(2) |
| secure tenancy and secure tenant | section 101 |
| social services authority | section 100(4) |
| statutory tenancy and statutory tenant | section 101 |
| tenancy and tenant (generally) | section 101 |
| tenant (and expressions relating to tenancies) | |
| –in the context of a tenant’s application for a renovation grant | section 7(6) |
| –in the context of a certificate of intended letting | section 8(4) |
| –in the context of an application for a common parts grant | section 14(2) |
| –in the context of an application for disabled facilities grant | section 19(5) |
| tenant’s application | |
| –in relation to a renovation grant | section 7(1) and (2) |
| –in relation to a disabled facilities grant | section 19(1) and (2) |
| tenants’ application (in relation to a common parts grant) | section 15(1) and (2) |
| tenant’s certificate | |
| –for the purposes of an application for a renovation grant | section 9(2) |
| –for the purposes of an application for a disabled facilities grant | section 22(2) |
| urban development corporation | section 101 |