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Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 4036

The Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2001 No. 4036


HOUSING, ENGLAND


The Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001


 Made19th December 2001 
 Laid before Parliament20th December 2001 
 Coming into force21st January 2002 

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 33 and 146 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 Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 21st January 2002.

    (2) This Order extends to England only.

Amendment of Order
    2.In article 2(a) of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996[2] for "Ј20,000" substitute " Ј25,000".



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions


Lord Falconer
Minister of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

19th December 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends article 2 of the Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996 which prescribes the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant that a local housing authority can be required to pay under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. The maximum amount is increased from Ј20,000 to Ј25,000 for dwellings or buildings in England.


Notes:

[1] 1996 c.53; the Secretary of State can exercise the power under these sections only in relation to England; see article 2 of and Schedule I to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[2] S.I. 1996/2888, amended by S.I. 2001/651.back



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