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Clause 95 amends the provisions of the Clean Air Act, 1956
about the grant payable when smoke control areas are established.
It extends eligibility for grant to dwellings built between the
passing of that Act and the l6th August, 1964 where it is necessary
to replace open grates by other appliances. The Clause also gives
local authorities and the Exchequer a wider discretion as to the
expenditure to be taken into account for grant purposes. Hitherto
grant has only been payable on the provision of gas or electric
ignition appliances where this involved "works". This Clause now
makes the provision of gas, electric or other special means of
ignition eligible for grant in all cases. Grant may be withheld
for the installation of any appliances which would impose undue
strain upon "uhe fuel resources available for the area.
Clause 96 empowers a local authority to make a grant toward
the cost of the provision of a separate service pipe for a house which
has a piped supply of water from a water main but no separate service
pipe.
Clause 97 increases from £3 to £8 per year the grant the
Minister may make to local authorities to repair unfit houses owned
by them so as to prolong their useful life as temporary accommodation.

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