- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2766
The Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999
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| Made | 6th October 1999 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 13th October 1999 | ||
| Coming into force | 17th November 1999 |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 79(2) and (3) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
Extension of home repair assistance
2. The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker's allowance[2] as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th October 1999
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
For entitlement to home repair assistance a local housing authority have to be satisfied that the conditions set out in section 77(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 apply. These include the condition that the applicant or his partner is in receipt of a benefit listed in subsection (1)(e). These Regulations enable income-based jobseeker's allowance to be treated as a benefit within that subsection.
These Regulations extend to England only.
Notes:
[1] 1996 c. 53; the Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 79 only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back
[2] See section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18).back
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