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(1) This Order may be cited as the Repairs Grants (Appropriate Percentage) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 30th September 1996.
(2) In this Order “repairs grant” means a grant payable under Article 74 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.
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(1) This Order applies to a repairs grant payable by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive where an application for that grant has been made to it in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 on or after the coming into operation of this Order.
(2) For the purposes of this Order an application shall be deemed to be made on the date of issue of a notice issued (in respect of a dwelling house to which the application relates) under the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878.
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Paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 3 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 shall be modified by the substitution of paragraph 4(2)(d) with the following:—“
(d) in any other case,
(i) 75% where the net annual value is greater than £59 and less than £131;
(ii) 50% where the net annual value is greater than £130 and less than £226; and
(iii) 25% where the net annual value is greater than £225.”.
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The Repairs Grants (Appropriate Percentage) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 16th August 1996.
J. McCormick
Assistant Secretary
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Order.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th August 1996.
D. Thomson
Assistant Secretary
