{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-improvement-and-repairs-grants-approved-expenses-maxima-scotland-order-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-improvement-and-repairs-grants-approved-expenses-maxima-scotland-order-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2269",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Improvement and Repairs Grants) (Approved Expenses Maxima) (Scotland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-improvement-and-repairs-grants-approved-expenses-maxima-scotland-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nIn terms of section 242(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 the amount of an improvement grant is calculated as a percentage of the approved expense of executing the works, subject to a maximum amount in respect of each house to which the application relates as specified in the Act or prescribed by order. Under section 242(10) an order may make different provision with respect to different cases. This Order provides for three different cases and maximum amounts to replace the general amount of £10,200 provided in the Act. These are—\n(i) £12,600 for all cases other than (ii)\nand (iii);\n(ii) £17,100 in respect of rehabilitation of pre-1914 tenements in housing action areas other than those to which case (iii) applies;\n(iii) £19,700 in respect of rehabilitation of pre-1914 tenements in housing action areas carried out by housing associations.\nThe Order also increases the amounts provided in the Act under sections 242(3)(a)(i) and (ii), 248(4), and 249(3)(a) and (b).\nSection 244(1) of the Act provides for improvement grants for certain standard amenities. The amounts are calculated as a percentage of the approved expense, not exceeding the maximum eligible amount set out in Part I of Schedule 18 to the Act or by an order varying the provisions of Schedule 18. This Order varies the provisions of Part I of Schedule 18 by substituting a new Part I with increased maximum eligible amounts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2269/note",
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  },
  "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."
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