The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/553
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Grant Limit) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

Section 2 Grant limit

The formula, for calculating a maximum amount of grant which a local housing authority may pay in respect of an application for a grant, prescribed under section 116(5) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 is—

where—

A is the lesser of—

£50,000; and

the amount of the grant which, but for this article, would be payable (as the case may be) in respect of—

works which are needed to cause the dwelling to be fit for human habitation, and

works which are needed to comply with a notice under section 189, 190 or 352 of the Housing Act 1985 (repair notices in respect of unfit houses and houses in a state of disrepair but not unfit, and power to require works to render premises fit for number of occupants), and

works which are needed and appropriate to meet the needs of a disabled occupant and are for any one or more of the purposes set out in section 114(3) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (approval of applications to provide certain facilities for the disabled); and

B is the amount of the grant payable in respect of other works.

Section 3 Transitional provision

This Order shall not have effect in relation to an application for a grant made before the coming into force of this Order.