(1)If a repair notice is not complied with the local housing authority may themselves do the work required to be done by the notice.
(2)For this purpose compliance with the notice means the completion of the works specified in the notice within—
(a)the period specified in the notice, or,
(b)if an appeal is brought against the notice, the period of 21 days, or such longer period as the court in determining the appeal may fix,
from the date on which the notice becomes operative.
(3)The provisions of Schedule 10 apply with respect to the recovery by the local housing authority of expenses incurred by them under this section.