{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/819",
  "legislation_title": "The Home Purchase Assistance (Price-limits) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-purchase-assistance-price-limits-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Secretary of State is empowered to make advances to recognised lending institutions enabling them to provide assistance to first-time purchasers of house property, in respect of England and Wales under section 445 of the Housing Act 1985, and in respect of Scotland under section 222 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.\nThat assistance, under section 446 of the Housing Act 1985 in England and Wales and under section 223 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 in Scotland, may take the form of a bonus of up to £110 on savings and a loan of £600 additional to that which the lending institution would otherwise have made and free of any obligation to repay principal, or to pay interest, for up to five years. Assistance is available only where the purchase price of the property is within the limit prescribed by the Secretary of State and where the other conditions are satisfied in sections 445 and 446 of the Housing Act 1985 or in sections 222 and 223 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 as appropriate. This Order prescribes different limits for different areas which are higher than or identical to those prescribed by the Home Purchase Assistance (Price-limits) Order 1989, which is revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/819/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:54.704280+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."
}