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035			_a(Sirsi) u13310
041			_aeng
245			_aR v Westminster City Council, ex parte Hazan
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8809) 5 March 1988, 57-61(3)
520			_aCA 9 December 1987 Appeal against a decision by J. McCowan on an application for judicial review . The application relates to a housing improvement grant and the appeal raises a short point of construction on Housing Act 1974 s 75(6) in regard to the meaning of the " certified date ". This is defined as "the date certified by the local authority by whom the application was approved as the date on which the dwelling first becomes fit for occupation after the completion of the relevant works to the satisfaction of the local authority". The works is question were physically completed by 30 November 1982, but clearance by the various local authority departments had not been given before 12 May 1983. The local authority submitted that the "certified date" could not be before 12 May 1983. CA held, affirming McGowan`s decision that the correct date was 30 November 1982. The material date is the completion of the relevant works to a particular standard, namely, the satisfaction of the local
690			_aHOUSING-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c8575 _d8575