Article 2 Specified Purposes

The following are specified as purposes for which a local housing authority may give assistance as mentioned in section 131(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (assistance for the provision of minor works to dwellings)—

(a)

the replacement of—

(i)

the whole or part of a pipe which is made wholly or substantially of lead and which connects (directly or indirectly) to the main a tap which is used mainly for supplying water for drinking or cooking in a dwelling, and

(ii)

any associated equipment,

by a pipe and any associated equipment not made of lead, which will connect that tap directly or, where that is not practicable, indirectly to the main; and

(b)

the replacement of the electrical earthing arrangements of that dwelling where these use such a lead pipe and that lead pipe is being replaced in circumstances in which paragraph (a) above applies.