The Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

17.  After Note 5 insert —

“5A.   A “qualifying houseboat” is a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place of permanent habitation which —

(a) has its only or main mooring within the area of a single local housing authority; and

(b) is moored in pursuance of a right to that mooring; and

(c) is a dwelling for the purposes of council tax.

(See the definition of “qualifying houseboat” in section 58).

5B.   A “qualifying park home” is defined in section 58. It means a caravan which —

(a) is stationed on land forming part of a protected site within the meaning of the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and

(b) is occupied under an agreement to which that Act applies or under a gratuitous licence; and

(c) is a dwelling for council tax purposes.

“Caravan” is defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. It means, broadly, a structure designed or adapted for living in which is capable of being moved from place to place.

5C.   Tick the box if the application includes works for the provision of facilities in the common parts of a building containing one or more flats.”.