Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations, 2001

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 607/2001
Year2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (S.I. No. 21 of 1966), as amended by section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (S.I. No. 27 of 1979), and by section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (S.I. No. 18 of 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:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations, 2001.

Interpretation

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“approved cost”, in relation to improvement works, means the cost estimated by the housing authority to be the reasonable cost of carrying out the works or the actual cost of carrying them out, whichever is the lesser; “the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment and Local Government;

“the Regulations of 1980” means the Housing Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 296 of 1980 );

“the Regulations of 1993” means the Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 262 of 1993 );

“tax reference number” means—

(a) in the case of a person paying income tax under PAYE, the Personal Public Service (PPS) Number stated on any determination of tax credits issued to that person by an 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 an inspector of taxes.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to an article is a reference to an article of these Regulations and any reference to a sub-article is a reference to a sub-article of the article in which the reference occurs.

Application

3. These Regulations, other than article 7, shall apply to grants and contributions in kind by housing authorities under section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 , to persons carrying out improvement works to houses, where such works are commenced on or after the 1st day of March, 1993.

Disabled Persons Grants

4.(1) A housing authority may pay a grant to a person for the provision of additional accommodation or the carrying out of works of adaptation that, in the opinion of the authority, are reasonably necessary for the purpose of rendering a house more suitable for the accommodation of a member of the household who is either—

(a) physically handicapped and the works are necessary for his or her proper accommodation, or

(b) suffering from severe mental handicap or severe mental illness, for which he or she is undergoing treatment, and the works are necessary for his proper treatment and accommodation.

(2) A grant under this article shall not exceed—

(a) the approved cost of the works in the case of a house let by a housing authority pursuant to any of their functions under the Collective Citation 1966 to 1998.

(b) in any other case, where works commenced during a period specified in column (2) of the Table to this sub-section of this article at any reference number in column (1) of such Table the amount specified in column (3) of such Table at that reference number.

Table

Reference Number

Period

Amount of Grant

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

On or after the 1st day of March 1993 and before 2nd day of December 1998.

Two thirds of the approved cost of the works.

2

On or after 2nd day of December 1998 and before the 1st day of December 1999.

Three quarters of the approved cost of the works.

3

On or after the 1st day of December 1999.

90% of the approved cost of the works.

(3) A grant shall not be paid under this article unless the member of the household to whom sub-article (1) refers occupies the house as his normal place of residence on completion of the works.

(4) Where a grant is paid under this article in respect of works carried out to a house which has been erected for a period of more than 12 months, the Minister may make to the housing authority a contribution which shall not exceed the amount specified in column 3 of the Table to this sub-section of this article at any reference number in column 1 of such Table where works commenced during a period specified in column 2 of such Table at that reference number.

Table

Reference Number

Period

Amount of Grant

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

On or after the 1st day of March 1993 and before 2nd day of December 1998.

50% of the amount of the grant or IR£4,000 before 1 January 2002 and €5,078.95 on or after 1 January 2002 whichever is the lesser.

2

On or after 2nd day of December 1998 and before the 1st day of December 1999.

Two thirds of the amount of the grant or IR£8,000 before 1 January 2002 and...

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