The Council Tax (Amendment of Housing (Scotland) Act 1987) (Scotland) Regulations 1996
These Regulations amend section 240(2)(c) and (4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 which, before amendment, provided that a local authority must not (except in certain exceptional cases) approve an application for an improvement or repairs grant where the rateable value of the house exceeded a limit prescribed by the Secretary of State with consent of the Treasury or, if a house was to be provided by the conversion of two or more houses, the aggregate of the rateable values of those houses exceeded a limit so prescribed.