Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations, 1993

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 262/1993

S.I. No. 262 of 1993.
HOUSING (DISABLED PERSONS AND ESSENTIAL REPAIRS GRANTS) REGULATIONS, 1993.
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment 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 6 of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1993 ), I, EMMET STAGG, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:
	1 Citation.	1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations, 1993.
	2 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;
"the Regulations of 1980" means the Housing Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 296 of 1980 );
"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 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.
	3 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.
	4 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 proper accommodation, or
( b ) suffering from severe mental handicap or severe mental illness, for which he 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...