Part 1Housing conditions

Chapter 1Enforcement of housing standards: general

Procedure for assessing housing conditions

I13Local housing authorities to review housing conditions in their districts

1

A local housing authority must keep the housing conditions in their area under review with a view to identifying any action that may need to be taken by them under any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2).

2

The provisions are—

a

the following provisions of this Act—

i

this Part,

ii

Part 2 (licensing of HMOs),

iii

Part 3 (selective licensing of other houses), and

iv

Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4 (management orders);

b

Part 9 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (demolition orders and slum clearance);

c

Part 7 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (renewal areas); and

d

article 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860).

3

For the purpose of carrying out their duty under subsection (1) a local housing authority and their officers must—

a

comply with any directions that may be given by the appropriate national authority, and

b

keep such records, and supply the appropriate national authority with such information, as that authority may specify.