Housing Act 1957

33 Provisions for protection of owners of houses

(1) If an owner of any house who is not the person in receipt of the rents and profits thereof gives notice to the local authority of his interest in the house the local authority shall give to him notice of any proceedings taken by them in relation to the house in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act or of the provisions of Part III of this Act relating to demolition orders.

(2) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall prejudice or interfere with the right or remedies of any owner for breach, non-observance, or non-performance of any covenant or contract entered into by a tenant or lessee in reference to any house in respect of which an order is made, or a notice requiring the execution of works is served, by a local authority under this Part of this Act; and if any owner is obliged to take possession of a house in order to comply with any such order or notice, the taking possession shall not affect his right to avail himself of any such breach, non-observance, or non-performance which has occurred before he so took possession.