# The Home Repair Assistance (Extension) Regulations 1998, Regulation 2: Extension of availability of home repair assistance


(1) The availability of home repair assistance in relation to a mobile home is extended to the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation; and accordingly the local authority are not prevented by section 78(2) of the Act from entertaining applications for such assistance in those circumstances.
(2) The circumstances are where–
(a) the works in respect of which the application is made are not within paragraph (a) or (b) of the exception specified in section 78(2) of the Act;
(b) the residence requirement specified in section 78(4) of the Act is not met; and
(c) the alternative residence requirement specified in paragraph (3) of this regulation is met.
(3) The alternative residence requirement is that the local housing authority are satisfied that the applicant has occupied the mobile home as his only or main residence for a period of at least three years immediately preceding the date of his application for home repair assistance, and–
(a) he has for that period a right to occupy and station the mobile home on land forming part of the same protected site within the meaning of Part I of the Caravan Sites Act 1968; or
(b) he has an owner’s interest in, or is a tenant of, the land on which the mobile home is stationed.
(4) In this regulation “the Act” means the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2998/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-repair-assistance-extension-regulations-1998/regulation-2
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