Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1492
HOUSING, ENGLAND
The Housing Grants (Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2000
Made
6th June 2000
Laid before Parliament
13th June 2000
Coming into force
4th July 2000
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 12(1)(i), 17(1)(j), 27(1)(j) and 146(2) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Grants (Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 4th July 2000.
(2) This Order extends to England only.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “the Act” means the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Renovation grants
3. For the purposes of section 12 of the Act (renovation grants: purposes for which grant may be given), an additional purpose specified is the following—
to improve energy efficiency.
Common parts grants
4. For the purposes of section 17 of the Act (common parts grant: purposes for which grant may be given), an additional purpose specified is the following—
to improve energy efficiency.
HMO grants
5. For the purposes of section 27 of the Act (HMO grants: purposes for which grant may be given), an additional purpose specified is the following—
to improve energy efficiency.
Application
6. This Order shall not have effect in relation to an application for a grant made before the date on which this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th June 2000
1996 c. 53 ; the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 12(1)(i), 17(1)(j), 27(1)(j) and 146(2) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order); see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.