57 Power of local housing authority to carry out works which would attract grant.E+W
(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.