The Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001
S.I. 2001/4036 · Made 19 December 2001
HOUSING, ENGLAND
Made 19th December 2001
Laid before Parliament 20th December 2001
Coming into force 21st January 2002
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 33 and 146 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
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Footnotes
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1996 c. 53; the Secretary of State can exercise the power under these sections only in relation to England; see article 2 of and Schedule I to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).
Contents
1Citation, commencement and extent
This Order may be cited as the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 21st January 2002.
This Order extends to England only.
2Amendment of Order
In article 2(a) of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996f1 for “£20,000” substitute “ £25,000”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Lord Falconer
Minister of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
19th December 2001
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends article 2 of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996 which prescribes the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant that a local housing authority can be required to pay under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. The maximum amount is increased from £20,000 to £25,000 for dwellings or buildings in England.