The Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2002
W.S.I. 2002/837 · Made 26 March 2002
HOUSING, WALES
Made 26th March 2002
Coming into force 10th April 2002
The National Assembly for Wales in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 33 and 146 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996f1 makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1996 c. 53; the powers of the Secretary of State have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales; see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).
Contents
1Name, commencement and application
The name of this Order is the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2002 and it comes into force on 10th April 2002.
This Order applies to Wales only.
2Amendment of Order
In paragraph (b) of article 2 of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996f1 for “£24,000” substitute “£30,000”.
Signature
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1
Rhodri Morgan
First Minister of the National Assembly
26th March 2002
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends article 2 of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996, which prescribes the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant that a local housing authority can be required to pay under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
This Order increases the maximum amount from £24,000 to £30,000 for dwellings or buildings in Wales.