HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Grants by Local Housing Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1988, and shall come into force on the 36th day after the day on which it is made and shall have effect in relation to grants approved on or after that date. Amendment to the Grants by Local Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1987 2 The Grants by Local Housing Authorities (Appropriate Percentage and Exchequer Contributions) Order 1987 is hereby amended by the addition, after article 1, of the following article, 1A . Nothing in articles 2 to 7 below has any effect in relation to an application for a common parts grant. Appropriate percentage for common parts grant 3 The appropriate percentage in relation to an application for a common parts grant is 75 per cent. in a case in which the building to which the application relates is, on the date on which the application is approved, within one of the following descriptions: — a a building within a housing action area; b a building which is unfit for human habitation; c a building containing one or more dwellings which lack one or more of the standard amenities, if such amenity or amenities are to be and can only be provided in the common parts of the building; d a building whose common parts are in need of substantial and structural repair. 4 1 In a case to which article 3 does not apply, the appropriate percentage in relation to a special application for a common parts grant is: — a in a case in which the building to which the application relates is situated in an area which, on the date on which the application is approved, is a general improvement area the sum of the following amounts — i 75 per cent. in respect of the special works; and ii 65 per cent. in respect of the remainder of the works, if any; b in any other case, the sum of the following amounts — i 75 per cent. in respect of the special works; and ii 50 per cent. in respect of the remainder of the works, if any. 2 In this article — “a special application for a common parts grant”means an application for such a grant where the relevant works consist of or include special works; “special works”means works needed to meet a requirement of a disabled occupant of a flat in the building to which the application relates, arising from the particular disability from which he suffers. 5 In a case to which neither article 3 nor article 4 applies, the appropriate percentage in relation to an application for a common parts grant is 65 per cent., where the building to which it relates is situated in an area which, on the date on which the application is approved, is a general improvement area. 6 In a case to which none of articles 3 to 5 applies, the appropriate percentage in relation to an application for a common parts grant is 50 per cent. Contributions by the Secretary of State 7 With respect to applications for common parts grants, the percentages specified in subsection (3) of section 516 of the Housing Act 1985 are varied in the following descriptions of cases: — a in paragraph (a), by the substitution of 75 per cent. in respect of cases to which article 4(1)(a) or article 5 applies; b in paragraph (b), by the substitution of 90 per cent. in respect of cases to which article 3 applies. Nicholas Ridley Secretary of State for the Environment 11th December 1987 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 16th December 1987 We consent, Tony Durant Peter Lloyd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th January 1988