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The Housing Renewal Grants (Common Parts) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/68 · Made 14 January 1999

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HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 14th January 1999

Laid before Parliament 20th January 1999

Coming into force 10th February 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 14(2)(d) and 146(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order–

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Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 53.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Occupying tenants
  3. 3Application
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Common Parts) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th February 1999.

2Occupying tenants

For the purposes of section 14(2)(d) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (common parts grants: occupation of flats by occupying tenants), a condition is specified in relation to a tenancy that it is for a term of years absolute of which not less than five years remain unexpired at the date of the application.

3Application

This Order shall not apply in relation to applications made before this Order comes into force.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

12th January 1999

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

14th January 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the availability of common parts grants for works to a building under Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (grants for renewal of private sector housing). One of the conditions for such grants is that the required proportion of the flats in the building is occupied by tenants with tenancies of the kind listed in section 14(2) of the Act. Article 2 of this Order adds a further category of tenancy to the list.