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  "title": "The Housing (Valuation Bands for Improvement and Repairs Grants) (Scotland) Order 1996",
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  "long_title": "Section 240(2)(c) and (4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, as amended by the Council Tax (Amendment of Housing (Scotland) Act 1987) (Scotland) Regulations 1996, provides that applications for improvement grant shall not be granted where the values of the premises concerned, expressed in terms of council tax valuation bands, exceed certain limits prescribed by Order. Section 248(5) of the 1987 Act extends these provisions to applications for repairs grant. This Order prescribes the limits for the purpose of these provisions.",
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