Paragraph 1

Section 116 of the Rent Act 1977 (court order where tenant unwilling to consent to works) is amended as follows.

In subsection (2), omit “any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of".

For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)

The condition is that the works were specified in an application for a renovation grant, a common parts grant, a disabled facilities grant or an HMO grant under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the application has been approved.”.

In subsection (5), for the words from “under section 512(2)" to the end, substitute “ under section 37 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. ”.