Section 6 Grants for converting or improving buildings.
Where a designated district authority are satisfied that the carrying out by any person of any works mentioned in subsection (2) below on land situated within an improvement area would benefit that area, they may make a grant to that person for the purpose of enabling him to carry out those works.
The works referred to in subsection (1) above are as follows—
the conversion, extension, improvement or modification of industrial or commercial buildings; and
the conversion of other buildings into industrial or commercial buildings.
The amount of a grant under this section shall not exceed 50 per cent of the cost of carrying out the works.
Subsections (2) and (3) of section 3 above shall apply in relation to the making of grants under this section as they apply in relation to the making of grants under that section.
In this section “industrial or commercial building” means a building in use or intended for use for industrial or commercial purposes.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 6(3) substituted by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 191(1)