Article 3 Purposes for which grant may be given
Subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act, an application for a disabled facilities grant must be approved where the application is for the purpose specified in paragraph (2).
The purposes are––
facilitating access to and from a garden by a disabled occupantf1; or
making access to a garden safe for a disabled occupant.
For the purposes of paragraph (2) “garden” means a garden belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, a dwellingf2, caravanf3 or flatf4 occupied by a disabled occupant and includes—
a balcony adjoining the dwelling of a disabled occupant;
a yard, outhouse or other appurtenance within the boundaries of the land in which the dwelling or caravan of a disabled occupant is situated and belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;
a yard, outhouse or other appurtenance within the boundaries of the land in which is situated the building in which the dwelling or, as the case my be, flat, of a disabled occupant is situated and belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it; and
the land adjacent to the mooring of a disabled occupant’s qualifying houseboatf5.
If in the opinion of the local housing authority the relevant works are more or less extensive than is necessary to achieve a purpose set out in paragraph (2), they may, with the consent of the applicant, treat the application as varied so that the relevant works are limited to or, as the case may be, include such works as seem to the authority to be necessary for that purpose.
In this article “applicant” means the person making the application for a grant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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For the meaning of “disabled occupant” see section 20 of the Act.
- f2
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For the meaning of “dwelling see section 101 of the Act.
- f3
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For the meaning of “caravan” see section 58 of the Act.
- f4
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For the meaning of “flat” see section 58 of the Act.
- f5
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For the meaning of “qualifying houseboat” see section 58 of the Act.