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

Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act

14. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Where a remediation option grant is approved under section 16(4)(a), the relevant owner concerned may apply to the designated local authority for an ancillary grant.”,

(b) by the substitution, in subsection (2), of “Subject to subsection (2A), an ancillary grant” for “An ancillary grant”,

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) Where an adjacent remediation option has been approved under section 22A(6)(a), an ancillary grant shall only be approved in respect of costs incurred by the relevant owner for the purposes referred to in section 10(2)(c).”,

and

(d) in subsection (7)—

(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “or” for “and”, and

(ii) by the insertion, in paragraph (b), of “, subject to any reduction made under section 10(4B)” after “(6)”.