Housing Act 1985

224 Right of person having control as against others to carry out works.

(1) The person having control of any premises which consist of or include—

(a) a dwelling in a general improvement area or housing action area which is without all or any of the standard amenities, or

(b) a dwelling in respect of which representations have been made by an occupying tenant under section 212 (representations to local housing authority with view to exercise of compulsory improvement powers),

has, as against the occupying tenant of the dwelling and any other person having an estate or interest in the premises, the right to enter the premises in order to carry out any survey or examination required with a view to providing the dwelling with any of the standard amenities and, where appropriate, of putting it in good repair (disregarding internal decorative repair) having regard to its age and character and the locality in which it is situated.

(2) On and after the date on which an improvement notice becomes operative, the person having control of the dwelling has the right, as against any occupying tenant of the dwelling and any other person having an estate or interest in the premises which consist of or include the dwelling, to take any reasonable steps for the purpose of complying with the improvement notice.

(3) A person bound by an undertaking accepted under this Part has the right as against any occupying tenant of the dwelling to take any reasonable steps for the purpose of complying with the undertaking.

(4) The carrying out of works in pursuance of an improvement notice or an undertaking accepted under this part shall not give rise to any liability on the part of a lessee to reinstate any premises at any time in the condition in which they were before the works were carried out, or to any liability for failure so to reinstate the premises.