The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) Regulations 1994

Made: 5th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 14th March 1994

Coming into force: 4th April 1994

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powersconferred on them by sections 102(2) and (4), 137(2), 138(1)[^f00001] and 190(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 4th April 1994.

Interpretation

2

• (1) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

• (2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, or to a form substantially to the same effect.

Forms of Application for Grant

3

The forms of application for a grant prescribed under section 102(4) of the Act shall be as follows—

• (1) the form of application for a renovation grant shall be Form 1;

• (2) the form of application for a disabled facilities grant shall be Form 2;

• (3) the form of application for a common parts grant shall be Form 3;

• (4) the form of application for an HMO grant shall be Form 4.

Particulars for Application for Grant

4

The prescribed particulars to be contained in any application for a grant the form of which is prescribed by regulation 3 above are the particulars required by that form (other than those required by section 102(2) of the Act).

Revocation

5

The Regulations listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are hereby revoked.

Application of Regulations

6

These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a grant made before 4th April 1994.

SCHEDULE 1

FORM 1

APPLICATION FOR RENOVATION GRANT

FORM 2

APPLICATION FOR DISABLED FACILITIES GRANT

FORM 3

APPLICATION FOR COMMON PARTS GRANT

FORM 4

APPLICATION FOR HMO GRANT

SCHEDULE 2 — REVOCATIONS

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G.S.K. Young — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment — 4th March 1994

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 5th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe forms of application for grants under Part VIII of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (grants towards cost of improvements and repairs etc.). They also prescribe particulars to be contained in applications. Form 1 is to be used for applications for renovation grants. Form 2 is to be used for applications for disabled facilities grants. Form 3 is to be used for applications for common parts grants. Form 4 is to be used for applications for HMO grants, which are grants relating to houses in multiple occupation.

These Regulations consolidate, with modifications, the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Prescribed Forms and Particulars) Regulations 1990 and the amending regulations listed in Schedule 2. In addition to minor and drafting amendments, they make changes consequential upon changes made by the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/648).

By regulation 6, these Regulations do not apply to applications made before 4th April 1994, the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See the definition of “prescribed”.

[^f00002]: 1989 c. 42.