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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

  Made 19th December 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 20th December 2001 
  Coming into force 21st 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 "£20,000" substitute " £25,000".



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 £20,000 to £25,000 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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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 2 January 2002

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