Housing (Accommodation Provided By Approved Bodies) Regulations, 1992

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 86/1992

S.I. No. 86 of 1992.

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

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966) and by section 15 of the Housing Act, 1988 , (No. 28 of 1988), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Accommodation Provided By Approved Bodies) Regulations, 1992. 2. (1) In these Regulations—

"the Minister" means the Minister for the Environment;

"the Regulations of 1988" means the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 1988;

"tax reference number" means—

( a ) in the case of a person paying income tax under PAYE, the Revenue and Social Insurance (RSI) Number stated on any determination of tax-free allowances issued to that person by his inspector of taxes, or

( b ) in the case of a self-employed person or a company, the reference number stated on any return of income form or notice of assessment issued to that person or company by his or its inspector of taxes, or

( c ) in the case of a body which has been granted charitable recognition by the Revenue Commissioners, the reference (CHY) number issued to the body in that respect by the Revenue Commissioners.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference—

( a ) to a section which is not otherwise identified is a reference to a section of the Housing Act, 1988 ; and

( b ) to a sub-article which is not otherwise identified is a reference to a sub-article of the article in which the reference occurs. 3. These Regulations shall apply to accommodation in respect of which works are commenced on or after the 14th day of February, 1991. 4. (1) A grant by the Minister to a housing authority under section 15 in respect of the provision of assistance under section 5 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,

subject to a maximum grant of £22,000 for each unit of category one accommodation and a maximum grant of £25,000 for each unit...