The Grants by Local Housing Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/72
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Grants by Local Housing Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order applies to applications for intermediate and repairs grants made on or after the day on which it comes into force.

Section 2 Appropriate percentage for intermediate or repairs grants

(1) Subject to paragraph (4), in relation to an application for an intermediate grant in respect of a dwelling which is let or is to be let or available for letting, the appropriate percentage is 20 per cent.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), in relation to an application for a repairs grant where –

(a) the relevant works include works required by a notice under section 189 or 190 (repair notices) of the Housing Act 1985 and the local housing authority are satisfied that the works are necessary for compliance with the notice; and

(b) the dwelling in respect of which the application is made is let or is to be let or is available for letting,

the appropriate percentage is 20 per cent.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), in relation to an application for an intermediate grant or for a repairs grant to which paragraph (1) or (2) does not apply, the appropriate percentage is 75 per cent.

(4) In relation to an application for an intermediate or repairs grant, where it appears to the local housing authority that the applicant would not without undue hardship be able to finance so much of the cost of the relevant works as is not met by the grant, the appropriate percentage shall be 90 per cent.

Section 3 Contributions by the Secretary of State

With respect to applications for intermediate grant or repairs grant, the percentages specified in subsection (3) of section 516 of the Housing Act 1985 are varied in the following descriptions of cases –

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of 75 per cent in respect of cases to which article 2(1) or 2(2) applies;

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of 90 per cent in respect of cases to which article 2(3) or 2(4) applies.