Housing Act 1985

10 (1) Before submitting a rehabilitation order to the Secretary of State the local housing authority shall, except so far as the Secretary of State directs otherwise, comply with the following provisions.

(2) They shall publish in one or more newspapers circulating in their district a notice in the prescribed form—

(a) stating that the rehabilitation order has been made,

(b) describing the land to which it applies, and

(c) naming a place where a copy of the order and its accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours.

(3) They shall serve on every person mentioned in sub-paragaph (4) a notice in the prescribed form stating—

(a) the effect of the rehabilitation order,

(b) that it is about to be submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation, and

(c) the time within which and the manner in which objections to the order can be made.

(4) The persons to whom notice must be given are—

(a) every person on whom notice was served of the making under this Part of a compulsory purchase order which at the date of its confirmation included land subsequently comprised in the rehabilitation order;

(b) every successor in title of such a person;

(c) every owner, lessee and occupier of land liable to be cleared, other than a tenant for a month or a period less than a month;

(d) mortgagees of such land, so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain them; and

(e) every person on whom notice would have been required to be served under paragraph (c) or (d) but whose interest has been acquired under section 290 (acquisition of land for clearance) since the clearance area was declared.

(5) A notice under this paragraph shall be accompanied by a statement of the grounds on which the authority are seeking confirmation of the order.