3 Ineligible applicants.E+W
(1)No grant is payable under this Chapter unless the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of the application.
In the case of a joint application, any applicant under the age of 18 years on the date of the application shall be left out of account.
(2)No grant is payable under this Chapter if the person who would otherwise qualify as the applicant for the grant is—
(a)a local authority;
(b)a new town corporation;
(c)an urban development corporation;
(d)a housing action trust;
F1(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)a [F2Strategic Health Authority,] health authority, special health authority [F3, Primary Care Trust] [F4, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust];
F5[(g)a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 F6. . . ;]
(h)a joint authority established by Part IV of the M1Local Government Act 1985;
(i)a residuary body established by Part VII of that Act; F7. . .
(j)an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal) [F8or
(k)the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.]
(3)No grant is payable under this Chapter if the applicant is of a description excluded from entitlement to grant aid by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(4)Regulations under subsection (3) may proceed wholly or in part by reference to the provisions relating to entitlement to housing benefit, or any other form of assistance, as they have effect from time to time.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3(2)(e) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F2Words in s. 3(2)(f) inserted (1.10.2002) by The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469), regs. 1, 4, Sch. 1 para. 23(2)
F3Words in s. 3(2)(f) inserted (8.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/90, arts. 1, 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 31(2)
F4Words in s. 3(2)(f) substituted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 4 para. 103; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2
F5S. 3(2)(g) substituted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 89; S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(ay)
F6Words in s. 3(2)(g) repealed (1.4.2002) by Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16), ss. 128, 137, Sch. 6 para. 79, Sch. 7 Pt. 5; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k)(m) (with art. 4)
F7Word in s. 3(2)(i) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. VIII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(i)
F8S. 3(2)(k) and preceding word inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 60 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 wholly in force; S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 150; S. 3 in force for certain purposes at 11.9.1996 by S.I. 1996/2352, art. 2(2); s. 3 in force insofar as not already in force at 17.12.1996 by S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3
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