Subject to the preceding provisions of this Part, on receipt of anapplication for a renovation grant (other than an application in respect ofworks required for the provision of one or more dwellings by the conversionof a house or other building), the local housing authority shall determine,with respect to the dwelling, whether the dwelling is fit for humanhabitation.
In any case where the local housing authority—
then, subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, they shall approve theapplication so far as it relates to that dwelling.
If, in the case of any application, the local housing authority considerthat the relevant works include works for which assistance is available underPart XVI of the Housing Act 1985 (assistance for ownersof defective housing), they shall treat the application as if the relevantworks did not include those works.
If, in the case of any application, other than one to which section 113or section 115(6) below applies, the local housing authority consider thatthe relevant works include works in addition to those which will cause thedwelling to be fit for human habitation ("the additional works"), theyshall treat the application—
but, for the purposes of section 116 below and the subsequent provisionsof this Part, the two applications shall be treated as one application.
A local housing authority shall not be under a duty under this section toapprove an application—
Section 604 of the Housing Act 1985 (fitness for humanhabitation) applies for the purposes of this Part, as it applies for thepurposes of that Act.
In deciding whether they are satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(c) above, the local housing authority shall have regard to any guidance givenunder section 604A of the Housing Act 1985 and, for that purpose, theauthority shall treat any guidance given in respect of the serving of a repairnotice under section 189(1) of that Act as guidance given in respect of thecompletion of the relevant works.