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Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act
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12. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by the substitution of “Subject to subsections (1A) to (1C), (3) and (13), a payment may only be made to a relevant owner under section 18 or 18A, as the case may be” for “Subject to subsection (3), a payment may only be made to a relevant owner under section 18”, and
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(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “under section 18 or 18A, as the case may be, within 130 weeks” for “under section 18 within 65 weeks”,
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The period referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall not apply to an application for a payment under section 18A by a relevant owner referred to in subsection (5) of that section.
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(1B) The periods referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall be suspended from the date an application is made under section 23A(1) until—
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(a) in the case of a refusal under section 23A(5)(b), the later of—
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(i) the date of a notification under section 23A(7), or
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(ii) where the relevant owner has made an appeal under Part 5 in respect of that refusal, the date of the decision of the Appeal Board under section 39 to affirm that decision,
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or
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(b) in the case of a refusal under section 23B(4)(b), the later of—
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(i) the date of a notification under section 23B(10), or
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(ii) where the relevant owner has made an appeal under Part 5 in respect of that refusal, the date of the decision of the Appeal Board under section 39 to affirm that decision.
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(1C) Subject to section 23B(10)(a)(ii), the periods referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall not apply to an application for payment referred to in clause (I) or (II) of section 23B(10)(a)(ii), following a notification under section 23B(10) that relates to an approval under section 23B(4)(a).”,
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(c) by the substitution, in subsection (3)(b), of “section 18 or 18A, as the case may be,” for “section 18”,
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(d) by the substitution, in subsection (4)(a), of “2 weeks” for “12 weeks”, and
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(e) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (12):
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“(13) Where, before the date of the coming into operation of section 12(a)(ii) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025, the designated local authority refused a request to extend the period referred to in subsection (1)(b), the relevant owner may, notwithstanding subsection (1)(b), make an application for a payment under section 18 or 18A, as the case may be, not later than 65 weeks after the date of the coming into operation of the said section 12(a)(ii).”.
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