Housing Act, 1929

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Method for payment of grants.

4.—(1) Every grant made to a person or public utility society by the Minister under this Act shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed from time to time and the decision of the Minister as to whether any condition or regulation has or has not been complied with shall be final.

(2) No grant shall be paid by the Minister to a person or public utility society in respect of the erection of a house, unless and until such erection shall have been certified by an officer appointed by the Minister for the purpose (in this section called the “appointed officer”) or (in the case of an appeal to the Minister from a refusal by the appointed officer so to certify) by the Minister, to have been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner.

(3) Every grant made to a local authority by the Minister under this Act may be paid in instalments in such manner as the Minister shall direct, so that each instalment shall be paid on the completion of a specified portion of the erection of the houses in respect of which the grant is made.