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The Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2766 · Made 6 October 1999

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HOUSING, ENGLAND

Made 6th October 1999

Laid before Parliament 13th October 1999

Coming into force 17th November 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 79(2) and (3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 53; the Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 79 only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Extension of home repair assistance
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England only.

2Extension of home repair assistance

The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker’s allowancef1 as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Nick Raynsford

Minister of State,

Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

6th October 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

For entitlement to home repair assistance a local housing authority have to be satisfied that the conditions set out in section 77(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 apply. These include the condition that the applicant or his partner is in receipt of a benefit listed in subsection (1)(e). These Regulations enable income-based jobseeker’s allowance to be treated as a benefit within that subsection.

These Regulations extend to England only.