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(1)This section applies to a house if the whole of it is occupied either—
(a)under a single tenancy or licence that is not an exempt tenancy or licence under section 79(3) or (4), or
(b)under two or more tenancies or licences in respect of different dwellings contained in it, none of which is an exempt tenancy or licence under section 79(3) or (4).
(2)[F1The appropriate tribunal] may only authorise the authority to make an interim management order in respect of such a house under section 102(7) if it considers that both of the following conditions are satisfied.
(3)The first condition is that the circumstances relating to the house fall within any category of circumstances prescribed for the purposes of this subsection by an order under subsection (5).
(4)The second condition is that the making of the order is necessary for the purpose of protecting the health, safety or welfare of persons occupying, visiting or otherwise engaging in lawful activities in the vicinity of the house.
(5)The appropriate national authority may by order—
(a)prescribe categories of circumstances for the purposes of subsection (3),
(b)provide for any of the provisions of this Act to apply in relation to houses to which this section applies, or interim or final management orders made in respect of them, with any modifications specified in the order.
(6)The categories prescribed by an order under subsection (5) are to reflect one or more of the following—
(a)the first or second set of general conditions mentioned in subsection (3) or (6) of section 80, or
(b)any additional set of conditions specified under subsection (7) of that section,
but (in each case) with such modifications as the appropriate national authority considers appropriate to adapt them to the circumstances of a single house.
(7)In this section “house” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (see section 99).
(8)In this Chapter—
(a)any reference to “the house”, in relation to an interim management order under section 102(7), is a reference to the house to which the order relates, and
(b)any such reference includes (where the context permits) a reference to any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, it (or any part of it).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 103(2) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 160 (with Sch. 3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 103 wholly in force at 16.6.2006; s. 103 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 270(2)(b); s. 103 in force for E. at 6.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); s. 103 in force for W. at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)
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