# Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, Section 57: Power of local housing authority to carry out works which would attract grant.

Extent: E+W

(1) A local housing authority may by agreement with a person having the requisite interest execute at his expense—
(a) any works towards the cost of which a grant under this Chapter is payable or might be paid on an application duly made and approved, and
(b) any further works which it is in their opinion necessary or desirable to execute together with the works mentioned in paragraph (a).
(2) In subsection (1), the reference to a person having the requisite interest is a reference to—
(a) in the case of a qualifying houseboat or caravan, the person who is—
(i) entitled to possession of the premises at which the qualifying houseboat is moored or the land on which the caravan is stationed, or
(ii) entitled to dispose of the qualifying houseboat or caravan, or
(b) in any other case, the person who has an owner’s interest.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996/section-57
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