Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)
C2Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)
(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 [F1development] corporation;
(c)an urban development corporation;
(d)a housing action trust;
F2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)a [F3Strategic Health Authority,] [F4Local Health Board], special health authority [F5, Primary Care Trust] [F6, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust];
F7[(g)a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 F8. . . ;]
(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; F9. . .
(j)an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal);
[F10(ja)an authority established for an area in England by an order under section 207 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (joint waste authorities);]
[F11(jb)an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
(jc)a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;][F12or
(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
F1Word in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48 (with Sch. 2) (see S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(b))
F2S. 3(2)(e) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt.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
F3Words 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)
F4Words in s. 3(2)(f) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 28
F5Words in s. 3(2)(f) inserted (8.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/90, arts. 1, 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 31(2)
F6Words 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
F7S. 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)
F8Words 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)
F9Word 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)
F10S. 3(2)(ja) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 13 para. 51; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(p)
F11S. 3(2)(jb)(jc) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 88; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
F12S. 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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