Section 1 Grants for improvements and repairs, &c.

England and Wales

(1)

Grants are available from local housing authorities in accordance with this Chapter towards the cost of works required for—

(a)

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(b)

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(c)

the provision of facilities for disabled persons

F2(i)

in dwellings, qualifying houseboats and F3caravans, and

(ii)

in the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.

(2)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

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(4)

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(5)

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(6)

In the following provisions of this Chapter the expression “grant”F5means a grant under subsection (1) above.

Annotations

F1: S. 1(1)(a)(b) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(i), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))
F2: S. 1(1)(c)(i)(ii) substituted (19.7.2003) for words in s. 1(1)(c) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(a)(ii) (with art. 11(2))
F3: Word in s. 1(1)(c)(i) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(2), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))
F4: S. 1(2)-(5) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))
F5: Words in s. 1(6) substituted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(c) (with art. 11(2))

C1: Pt. I Ch. I (ss. 1-59) excluded (17.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2890, reg. 3(1)
C2: Pt. I Ch. I modified (temp.) (E.) (coming into force in accordance with regs. 1(2)-(4), 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Disabled Peoples Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2862), reg. 23, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)