Housing (Improvement Grants) Regulations, 1983.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Improvement Grants) Regulations, 1983.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, any reference to a Schedule or article which is not otherwise identified is a reference to a Schedule or article of these Regulations.
(2) In these Regulations—
"the Act of 1979" means the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 ;
"approved cost", in relation to improvement works, means the cost estimated by the Minister or by the housing authority, as the case may be, to be the reasonable cost of improvement works in respect of which a grant is sought in accordance with these Regulations;
"the Minister" means the Minister for the Environment;
"person" includes a housing authority carrying out improvement works to a house which has been provided by the authority for letting and has not been purchased from them;
"the Regulations of 1980" means the Housing Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 296 of 1980 );
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall apply to grants by the Minister under section 5 of the Act of 1979 to persons carrying out improvement works of the kinds referred to in articles 10 and 11 of these Regulations, to houses.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall, subject to the provisions of article 10 (1) (i) apply to works commenced on or after the 14th day of October, 1981.
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paragraphs: (1) Save in respect of grants payable in accordance with article 10 (1) (a) and article 11 (6) (c) and (d) the amount of a grant shall not exceed the maximum grant specified in these Regulations or two-thirds of the approved cost of the works, whichever is the less.
(2) In respect of grants payable in accordance with article 10 (1) (a) and article 11 (6) (c) and (d) the amount of a grant shall not exceed the maximum grant specified in these Regulations or four-fifths of the approved cost of the works, whichever is the less.
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paragraphs: Save in respect of grants payable in accordance with article 10 (1) (a), (b) and (d) and article 11 (1) (b) and (6) a grant shall not be paid until the works to which the grant relates are, in the opinion of the Minister, satisfactorily completed.
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paragraphs: (1) The grants payable in accordance with these Regulations may, where the house consists of more than one self-contained dwelling, be paid if, but only if, each such dwelling existed as a self-contained dwelling prior to the commencement of the works to which the grants relate.
(2) A grant shall not be paid in accordance with article 10 (1) (i) or 11 (1) (g) in respect of a house which has been provided by a housing authority for letting and has not been purchased from them.
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paragraphs: A grant shall not be paid in accordance with article 10 (1) (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) where the relevant works are commenced before an inspection of the house is carried out by an officer of the Minister.
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paragraphs: Save in respect of grants payable in accordance with article 10 (1) (a), (b) and (d) and article 11 (1) (b) and (6), a grant in accordance with these Regulations shall not be paid unless it is established to the satisfaction of the Minister that the house is used, or is intended for use, on the completion of the works, as a full-time residence.
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paragraphs: (1) A grant payable to a person carrying out improvement works to a house shall not exceed—