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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
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The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker’s allowance as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th October 1999