The Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/978
• Sections: 14

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 14th April 1997.

Section 2 Amendments

The form set out in the Schedule to the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) Regulations 1996 is amended as mentioned in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 3 Application

These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a grant made before 14th April 1997.

Section 1

For question 2B.1, substitute—

Section 2

At the beginning of Part 3, for the italicised text preceding question 3.1, substitute—

Section 3

After question 3.1., insert—

Section 4

In question 3.21, for “question 3.15 ”, substitute “question 3.20 .”.

Section 5

In question 3.29, insert in the appropriate place—

Section 6

For questions 3.37 and 3.38, substitute—

Section 7

In question 3.39(c), for “ Note 92 ”, substitute “ Note 95 ”.

Section 8

After question 3.40, for the Declaration, substitute—

Section 9

In note 3, for paragraph (3)(e)(ii), substitute—

(ii) is a refugee, i.e., a person recorded by the Secretary of State as a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees .

Section 10

In note 45(b), for “two-thirds”, substitute “three-quarters”.

Section 11

After note 47, insert—

(47A) “Child” and “young person” are defined by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations ( S.I. 1996/2890 ) as follows:

“child”: a person under the age of 16;

“young person”: a person, other than someone who is in receipt of income support or is receiving advanced education (defined in the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967 )), aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 142 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.