{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assistance-for-minor-works-to-dwellings-regulations-1990/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assistance-for-minor-works-to-dwellings-regulations-1990/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assistance-for-minor-works-to-dwellings-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Dealing with applications",
  "text": "(1) As soon as practicable after receipt of an application, the local housing authority shall inform the applicant as to whether or not they propose to give assistance.\n(2) If the authority propose to give assistance, they shall indicate the nature and value of any materials they intend to provide and the likely amount of any grant (having regard to regulation 6 below) they intend to make.\n(3) If the authority do not intend to provide any assistance they shall inform the applicant of their reasons for not doing so.\n(4) The authority shall carry out such inspections of the works or obtain such certificates from the person carrying them out as are necessary to ensure that they are carried out to a reasonable standard.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/554",
      "affecting_title": "The Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/388/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:26:28.160941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}