Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013

Valid from 01/10/2014

17 Compliance notices E+W

(1) A compliance notice is a notice which—

(a) sets out the condition in question and details of the failure to comply with it,

(b) requires the owner of the land to take such steps as the local authority considers appropriate and as are specified in the notice in order to ensure that the condition is complied with,

(c) specifies the period within which those steps must be taken, and

(d) explains the right of appeal conferred by subsection (2).

(2) An owner of land who has been served with a compliance notice may appeal to a residential property tribunal against that notice (see section 23).

(3) A local authority may—

(a) revoke a compliance notice, or

(b) vary a compliance notice by extending the period specified in the notice under subsection (1)(c).

(4) The power to revoke or vary a compliance notice is exercisable by the local authority—

(a) on an application made by the owner of land on whom the notice was served, or

(b) on the local authority's own initiative.

(5) Where a local authority revokes or varies a compliance notice, it must notify the owner of the land to which the notice relates of the decision as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(6) Where a compliance notice is revoked, the revocation comes into force at the time when it is made.

(7) Where a compliance notice is varied—

(a) if the notice has not become operative when the variation is made, the variation comes into force at such time (if any) as the notice becomes operative in accordance with section 24, and

(b) if the notice has become operative when the variation is made, the variation comes into force at the time when it is made.