The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015

Duty of local housing authority to serve a remedial notice

5.—(1) Where a local housing authority has reasonable grounds to believe that, in relation to premises situated within its area, a relevant landlord is in breach of one or more of the duties under regulation 4(1), the authority must serve a remedial notice on the landlord.

(2) A remedial notice must—

(a) specify the premises to which the notice relates;

(b) specify the duty or duties that the local housing authority considers the landlord is failing or has failed to comply with;

(c) specify the remedial action the local housing authority considers should be taken;

(d) require the landlord to take that action within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served;

(e) explain that the landlord is entitled to make written representations against the notice within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served;

(f) specify the person to whom, and the address (including if appropriate any email address) at which, any representations may be sent; and

(g) explain the effect of regulations 6, 7 and 8, including the maximum penalty charge which a local housing authority may impose.

(3) The local housing authority must serve a remedial notice within 21 days beginning with the day on which the authority decides it has reasonable grounds under paragraph (1).