Rent Act 1977

2 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to a dwelling-house consisting of or comprised in premises—

(a) with respect to which there has been issued a fire certificate covering (in whatever terms) the use of the dwelling-house as a dwelling; or

(b) which are the subject of an application for a fire certificate specifying as a use of the premises which it is desired to have covered by the certificate a use such that, if a certificate covering that use were issued, it would cover (in whatever terms) the use of the dwelling-house as a dwelling.

(2) In a case to which this paragraph applies—

(a) section 69 of, and Schedule 12 to, this Act shall have effect as if in subsection (1)(a) of that section the reference to making improvements in the dwelling-house included a reference to taking, in relation to the relevant building, any step mentioned in a fire precaution notice served in connection with the premises ; and

(b) any step mentioned in such a notice shall for the purposes of section 69 and Schedule 12, in their application to such a dwelling-house, be treated (whether or not apart from this paragraph it would be so treated) as an improvement.