Part 9Rights of entry
181Rights of entry: general
1
Any person authorised by a local authority is entitled to enter—
a
any land or premises for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether any part of its area should be designated as an HRA,
b
any premises for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether—
i
to serve a work notice or demolition notice,
ii
any such notice has been complied with, or
iii
to grant a certificate under section 60 in relation to work required by a work notice,
c
any premises which the local authority is required or authorised by Part 1 to carry out work in or to demolish, for the purposes of doing so,
d
any premises for the purposes of enabling the local authority to—
i
decide whether to make a maintenance order,
ii
consider or devise a maintenance plan,
iii
decide whether a maintenance plan has been implemented, or
iv
do anything which the local authority is authorised by section 48(2) or 49(1) to do,
e
any living accommodation for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether—
i
the living accommodation is an HMO which requires to be licensed under Part 5,
ii
to grant, vary or revoke an HMO licence in relation to the living accommodation,
iii
a condition included in an HMO licence has been breached,
iv
any person has failed to comply with a requirement made by a temporary exemption order,
v
any person has failed to comply with a requirement made under section 145(2),
vi
to serve an HMO amenity notice,
vii
an HMO amenity notice has been complied with,
viii
to grant a certificate under paragraph 7 of schedule 5 in relation to work required by an HMO amenity notice.
2
A member of a private rented housing committee, and any person authorised by any such member, is entitled to enter any house in respect of which a tenant’s application under section 22(1) has been referred to the committee for the purposes of enabling or assisting the committee to—
a
determine the application under section 24(1),
b
decide whether the landlord has complied with, or is likely to comply with, any repairing standard enforcement order made by the committee in pursuance of that application, or
c
decide whether to grant a certificate under section 60 in relation to the work required by any such order.
3
The owner of any premises, or any person authorised by the owner, is entitled to enter the premises for the purposes of—
a
carrying out work required by a work notice or an HMO amenity notice,
b
carrying out a demolition required by a demolition notice, or
c
implementing a maintenance plan.
4
A landlord in a tenancy to which Chapter 4 of Part 1 applies, or any person authorised by the landlord, is entitled to enter the house concerned for the purpose of—
a
viewing its state and condition for the purpose of determining whether the house meets the repairing standard, or
b
carrying out any work necessary to comply with the duty in section 14(1)(b) or a repairing standard enforcement order.
5
An authorisation under subsection (1) to (4) must state the particular purpose or purposes for which the entry is authorised.
6
Any person who inspects a house in exercise of a right conferred by subsection (2) must provide the committee with a report of that inspection.