The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997

Specified capital grants—local authorities in England

54.—(1) In this regulation, “relevant grant” means—

(a) a disabled facilities grant within the meaning given to that expression in section 101(2)(c) (grants for improvements and repairs)(1); or

(b) a grant available under section 1 of the 1996 Act (grants for improvements and repairs) towards the cost of works required for the provision of facilities for disabled persons in dwellings and in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.

(2) Contributions paid to a local authority in England are specified for the purposes of section 57 (effect of certain capital grants on credit approvals) if they are paid under section 132(1) or under section 92(1) of the 1996 Act towards expenditure incurred by the authority on making relevant grants.

(1)

Part VIII of the Act, including sections 101 and 132, was repealed by section 147 of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the 1996 Act with savings in respect of applications for grant of the descriptions mentioned in section 101 made before the commencement of Part I of the 1996 Act (see section 102(2) of that Act).