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The Secure Tenancies (Right to Repair Scheme) Regulations 1985

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.These regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Right...

  3. 2.The scheme for entitling secure tenants to carry out repairs...

  4. ANNEX A

  5. ANNEX B

    1. PART I MANDATORY GROUNDS OF REFUSAL OF TENANT'S CLAIM

      1. GROUND 1

        1. The landlord's costs would be less than £20.

      2. GROUND 2

        1. The works specified in the tenant's repair claim do not...

      3. GROUND 3

        1. The works specified in the tenant's repair claim, if carried...

    2. PART II DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF TENANT'S CLAIM

      1. GROUND 4

        1. The landlord's costs would be more than £200.

      2. GROUND 5

        1. The landlord intends to carry out the landlord's works within...

      3. GROUND 6

        1. The works specified in the tenant's repair claim are not,...

      4. GROUND 7

        1. Carrying out the works specified in the tenant's repair claim...

      5. GROUND 8

        1. The landlord reasonably requires access to the dwelling-house in order...

  6. ANNEX C

    1. PART I MANDATORY GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF TENANT'S CLAIM FOR PAYMENT

      1. GROUND A

        1. The repair works have not been properly carried out or...

      2. GROUND B

        1. The tenant was not entitled to carry out the repair...

    2. PART II DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF TENANT'S CLAIM FOR PAYMENT

      1. GROUND C

        1. The authorised materials have not been used.

      2. GROUND D

        1. The landlord reasonably requires access to the dwelling-house in order...

      3. GROUND E

        1. A condition of acceptance of the tenant's repair claim was...

      4. GROUND F

        1. The tenant's claim for payment was not served on the...

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      HOUSING ACT 1980: SECTION 41A SECURE TENANCIES (RIGHT TO REPAIR) SCHEME 1985

      1. 1.Citation and interpretation

      2. 2.Entitlement

      3. 3.Tenant's notice claiming the right to repair

      4. 4.Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's repair claim

      5. 5.Grounds for refusal

      6. 6.Landlord's notice refusing tenant's repair claim

      7. 7.Landlord's acceptance of tenant's repair claim etc

      8. 8.Landlord's notice accepting tenant's repair claim

      9. 9.Default notice

      10. 10.Landlord's response to tenant's default notice

      11. 11.Carrying out of the works by the tenant

      12. 12.Tenant's claim for payment

      13. 13.Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's claim for payment

      14. 14.Refusal of tenant's claim for payment

      15. 15.Landlord's notice of refusal of tenant's claim for payment

      16. 16.Further repair works

      17. 17.Tenant's further claim for payment

      18. 18.Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's further claim for payment

      19. 19.Landlord's refusal of tenant's further claim for payment

      20. 20.Further opportunity for tenant to carry out works and claim for payment

      21. 21.Landlord's notice of refusal of tenant's further claim for payment

      22. 22.Landlord's acceptance of tenant's claim for payment or further claim for payment

      23. 23.Payment by the landlord

      24. 24.Variations etc. by agreement

      25. 25.Suspension of repairing obligation

      26. 26.Disputes

  9. Explanatory Note

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