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GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIRS GRANTS
STRUCTURE OF THE GUIDANCE
The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, as amended, sets out various conditions to be met and procedures to be used in dealing with Improvement and Repairs Grants. This is supplemented by a range of secondary legislation prescribing various procedures and official forms.
Part I of this guidance sets out the aims of the grants system.
Part II deals with the physical standards which houses are required to meet, works eligible for grant, and other conditions which must be met before an application for grant is approved.
Part III explains how the amount of grant is calculated, with details of the assessment of applicants contributions for owner-occupiers and similar applicants, and for landlords and businesses.
Part IV describes the statutory procedures and prescribed forms for processing applications for grant, and highlights other matters which should be addressed by local authorities in developing their internal procedures for administering the grants system.
The Annexes contain details of the legislation relating to the grants system, and worked examples of the assessment of applicants' contributions.
A consolidated version of relevant sections of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, incorporating all amendments up to 1 October 2003 is provided as Annex A1. This has been produced by housing officials for illustrative purposes only, and should not be treated as definitive or authoritative.
References in the margin of the guidance, without any other identification, are to sections of the 1987 Act, as amended. References preceded by "A" are to the Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003. These were amended in 2004. The principal regulations and the amendment regulations are reproduced in Annex B1.
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