Paragraph 41

Any grant made in accordance with a scheme made under section 129 of the Housing Act 1988^f1 or section 66 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988^f2 schemes for payments to assist local housing authority and local authority tenants to obtain other accommodation) which is to be used—

(a)

to purchase premises intended for occupation as the applicant’s home; or

(b)

to carry out repairs or alterations which are required to render premises fit for occupation as the applicant’s home,

for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which the applicant received such a grant or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable the purchase, repairs or alterations to be completed and the applicant to commence occupation of those premises as the applicant’s home.

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Footnotes

f1: 1988 c.50.
f2: 1988 c.43.