S.I. No. 151/1998:

HOUSING (ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY APPROVED BODIES) REGULATIONS, 1992 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998.

HOUSING (ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY APPROVED BODIES) REGULATIONS, 1992 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), as amended by section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992), and by section 15 of the Housing Act, 1988 (No. 28 of 1988), as amended by section 27 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 , which powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Accommodation Provided By Approved Bodies) Regulations, 1992 (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

2. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1992" means the Housing (Accommodation Provided By Approved Bodies) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 86 of 1992 ).

3. Article 4 of the Regulations of 1992 is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (1) of the following:

"(1) A grant by the Minister to a housing authority under section 15 in respect of the provision of assistance under section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 to an approved body shall not exceed an amount equal to--

(a) 95 per cent of the cost, as approved by the authority, of the provision of accommodation for persons regarded by the authority as being homeless in accordance with section 2, or

(b) 90 per cent of the cost, as approved by the authority, of the provision of accommodation where the authority are satisfied that at least 75 per cent of the units of accommodation will be let to persons to whom this paragraph applies, or

(c) 100 per cent of the cost, as approved by the authority, of the provision of traveller accommodation,

Subject to a maximum grant of:--

(i) where works commenced before the 27th day of January, 1994, £22,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £25,000 for each unit of category two accommodation,

(ii) where works commenced on or after the 27th day of January, 1994, and before the 1st day of May, 1995, £26,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £29,000 for each unit of category two accommodation,

(iii) where works commenced on or after the 1st day of May, 1995 and before the 1st day of July, 1997, £7,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £33,000 for each unit of category two accommodation or each bay in traveller accommodation.

(iv) where works commenced on or after the 1st day of July, 1997--

(I) £41,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £48,000 for each unit of category two accommodation or each bay in traveller accommodation, located on an island specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, or

(II) £36,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £43,000 for each unit of category two accommodation or each bay in traveller accommodation, located in a county borough or in the administrative county of Fingal, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin, or

(III) £2,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and £40,000 for each unit of category two accommodation or each bay in traveller accommodation in any other location".

4. Article 4 of the Regulations of 1992 is hereby amended by the addition to sub-article (2) of the following:

"traveller accommodation" means a site for caravans, within the meaning of section 13 (6) of the Housing Act, 1988 , used by persons to whom the said section 13 refers.".

Dated this 22nd day of April, 1998.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 1st day of May, 1998.

CHARLIE McCREEVY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for the payment of increased grants by the Minister in respect of the provision of assistance by housing authorities to approved housing bodies and for the introduction of a higher rate of grant for such accommodation provided in certain built up areas and offshore islands.