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Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/148 · Made 2 April 1996

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HOUSING

Made 2nd April 1996

Coming into operation 13th May 1996

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 54(5) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992f1 and 54(5) of that Order as applied by Regulationsf2 made under Article 73 of that Order and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/1725 (N.I. 15): See Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department”

f2

S.R. 1992/378

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Grant Limit
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Revocation
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 13th May 1996.

(2)

In this Order “the 1992 Order” means the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.

2Grant Limit

The maximum amount of grant which the Executive may pay in respect of an application for—

(a)

renovation grant, disabled facilities grant and common parts grant specified in Article 39(2)(a)(b) and (c) of the 1992 Order is £20,000; and

(b)

HMO grant specified in Article 39(2)(d) of the 1992 Order and replacement grant specified in Article 73 of the 1992 Order is £30,000.

3Application

This Order shall not have effect in relation to an application for a grant made before this Order comes into force.

4Revocation

The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on .

L.S.

C. D. Doake

Assistant Secretary

2nd April 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides new maximum limits on the amount of grant which the Northern Ireland Housing Executive may pay as follows—

1

In respect of an application for renovation grant, disabled facilities grant and common parts grant specified in Article 39(2)(a)(b)(c) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 the amount of the grant is reduced from £50,000 to £20,000; and

2

In respect of an application for the HMO grant specified in the said Article 39(2)(d) and an application for replacement grant under Article 73 of that Order the Amount of the grant which the Executive may pay is reduced from £50,000 to £30,000.

Regulation 4 revokes the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993.