Regulation 3 Application for and payment of grant

An application for a grant shall be made to the Secretary of State in such form as he may require.

The applicant shall furnish to the Secretary of State such information as the Secretary of State may require regarding the proposals for the erection, improvement or rebuilding of the dwellinghouse to which the application relates.

Where the applicant is a crofter or a cottar, the Secretary of State shall give notice in writing of receipt of the application to the applicant’s landlord and if the landlord within 14 days after receiving the notice objects in writing to the making of the grant the Secretary of State shall, before making any decision on the application, afford to the applicant and the landlord an opportunity of making representations thereon in writing to him or to a person appointed by him to hear the representations and to report thereon to him.

After considering any such application and any representations or report thereon, the Secretary of State shall give to the applicant notice in writing of his decision and if the applicant is a crofter or a cottar, shall also give notice of his decision to the applicant’s landlord.

Where the Secretary of State approves the application he shall, at the same time as he gives to the applicant notice of his approval, inform the applicant that the proposed work may be carried out subject to such modifications or conditions as the Secretary of State may specify.

Upon completion of the work to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, he shall make payment of the grant to the applicant.

The Secretary of State may, if so requested by the applicant, make payment of the grant in instalments at such times, either during the progress of the work or after its completion, and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may specify.

Where an instalment of a grant has been paid in accordance with paragraph (7) of this regulation and the work in respect of which the grant was to be made is not thereafter completed to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State or any condition of payment of the instalment of the grant is not complied with, the amount of the instalments may be recovered in accordance with regulation 8(1) of these Regulations from the person to whom the instal ment was paid as if he were the recipient of a grant and as if there had been a failure to comply with a condition such as mentioned in that paragraph.