{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/section-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/section-135.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/42",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Housing Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989",
  "path": "section/135",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Power of local housing authority to carry out works which would attractgrant.",
  "text": "(1) A local housing authority may by agreement with a person having therequisite interest execute at his expense—\n(a) any works towards the cost of which a grant under this Part is payable ormight be paid on an application duly made and approved; and\n(b) any further works which it is in their opinion necessary or desirable toexecute together with the works mentioned in paragraph (a) above.\n(2) Except in the case of a common parts grant, the “requisite interest” means an owner’s interest in everyparcel of land on which the works are to be carried out or, in a case where(if an application was made) section 104(4) above might apply, in part onlyof the land concerned.\n(3) In the case of a common parts grant, the reference in subsection (1) aboveto a person having the requisite interest is a reference to the personwho—\n(a) has a power or duty to carry out the relevant works; and\n(b) has such an interest in the building or in a flat in the building as isreferred to in subsection (4) of section 105 above.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/section/135",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:48.783792+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}