Part 1Housing standards
Chapter 5Repair, improvement and demolition of houses
Work notices and demolition notices
33Demolition notices
(1)
Where a house is identified in an HRA action plan as a house which the local authority considers to be in a state of serious disrepair and ought to be demolished, the local authority may require the owner of the house to demolish it.
(2)
A requirement under subsection (1) must be made by serving notice (a “demolition notice”) in accordance with section 62.
(3)
The demolition notice must specify—
(a)
the reason for the requirement,
(b)
the standard to which the demolition is to be carried out (including any standard to which the site of the demolished house must be cleared), and
(c)
the period within which the demolition must be carried out.
(4)
The period so specified must be the period beginning with the date from which the notice has effect within which the local authority reasonably considers that the demolition can be completed (but must not, in any case, be a period of less than 21 days).