15 Common parts grants: landlord’s and tenants’ applications.E+W
(1)A local housing authority shall not entertain an application for a common parts grant unless they are satisfied—
(a)that the applicant has an owner’s interest in the building and has a duty or power to carry out the relevant works, or
(b)that the application is made by at least three-quarters of the occupying tenants of the building who under their tenancies have a duty to carry out, or to make a contribution in respect of the carrying out of, some or all of the relevant works.
(2)References in this Chapter to a “landlord’s application” and a “tenants’ application”, in relation to a common parts grant, shall be construed accordingly.
(3)In deciding whether the requirement in subsection (1)(b) is met—
(a)where a tenancy is held by two or more persons jointly, those persons shall be regarded as a single occupying tenant; and
(b)a tenant whose tenancy is of a description specified for the purposes of that paragraph by order of the Secretary of State shall be treated as an occupying tenant falling within that paragraph.
(4)A person who has an owner’s interest in the building and who has a duty or power to carry out any of the relevant works may also join in a tenants’ application for a common parts grant; and where such a person does join in an application, he is in this Chapter referred to as a “participating landlord”.