Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

23. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “charged amount”:

“ ‘charged amount’ means the first charged amount or, if applicable, the second charged amount;”,

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “charging order”:

“ ‘charging order’ means the first charge or, if applicable, the second charge,”,

(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “relevant date”:

“ ‘relevant date’ means 1 January in the year immediately following the year in which the designated local authority made the later of—

(a) the final part payment of a remediation option grant, or the payment of the whole of the remediation option grant, to the relevant owner under section 18,

(b) the final part payment of an increased grant, or the payment of the whole of the increased grant, to the relevant owner under section 18A, or

(c) the final payment of an ancillary grant under section 22;”,

(d) by the substitution, in the definition of “relevant owner”, of “section 31(1);” for “section 31(1).”, and

(e) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘first charge’ means an order made under section 31(1);

‘first charged amount’ means the amount referred to in section 31(2);

‘retrospective payment’ has the meaning given to it by section 31(1A);

‘second charge’ means an order made under section 31(1A);

‘second charged amount’ means the amount referred to in section 31(2A).”.