{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/53",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Restriction on grants for works already begun.",
  "text": "(1) Subject as follows, a local housing authority shall not approve an application for a grant if the relevant works have been begun before the application is approved.\n(2) Where the relevant works have been begun but have not been completed, the authority may approve the application for a grant if they are satisfied that there were good reasons for beginning the works before the application was approved.\n(3) Where an authority decide to approve an application in accordance with subsection (2), they may, with the consent of the applicant, treat the application as varied so that the relevant works do not include any that are completed.\nBut in determining for the purposes of the application the physical condition of the dwelling , qualifying houseboat, caravan or common parts . . . concerned, they shall consider the condition of the premises at the date of the application.\n(4) . . . a local housing authority shall not approve an application for a grant if the relevant works have been completed.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(3) inserted (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. 10(a)(i) (with art. 11(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 29(3) substituted (18.1.2005) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 224(5)(c), 270(3)(a) (with s. 224(9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(3) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 10(a)(ii), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 29(4) 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. 10(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 29(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. 10(c), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 29(6) 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. 10(c), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:44.925414+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."
}