# Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, Section 3: Ineligible applicants.

Extent: E+W

(1) No grant is payable under this Chapter unless the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of the application.
In the case of a joint application, any applicant under the age of 18 years on the date of the application shall be left out of account.
(2) No grant is payable under this Chapter if the person who would otherwise qualify as the applicant for the grant is—
(a) a local authority;
(b) a development corporation;
(c) an urban development corporation;
(d) a housing action trust;
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) NHS England , an integrated care board, ... Local Health Board, special health authority ... , NHS trust or NHS foundation trust;
(g) a police and crime commissioner;
(h) a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;
(i) a residuary body established by Part VII of that Act; . . .
(j) an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal);
(ja) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(jb) an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
(jc) a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act; or
(jd) a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
(k) the London Fire Commissioner.
(3) No grant is payable under this Chapter if the applicant is of a description excluded from entitlement to grant aid by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4A) Regulations under subsection (3) made by the Secretary of State may proceed wholly or in part by reference to the provisions relating to entitlement to—
(a) housing benefit;
(b) universal credit; or
(c) any other form of assistance,
as they have effect from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996/section-3
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