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(1)Where a demolition order has become operative [F1with respect to any premises], the local housing authority shall serve on [F2any occupier of the premises or any part of the premises] a notice—
(a)stating the effect of the order,
(b)specifying the date by which the order requires the [F3premises] to be vacated, and
(c)requiring him to quit the [F3premises] before that date or before the expiration of 28 days from the service of the notice, whichever may be the later.
(2)If any person is in occupation of [F4the premises], or any part of [F5them], at any time after the date on which the notice requires [F4the premises] to be vacated, the local housing authority or an owner of [F4the premises] may apply to the county court which shall thereupon order vacant possession of [F4the premises] or part to be given to the applicant within such period, of not less than two or more than four weeks, as the court may determine.
(3)Nothing in the Rent Acts [F6, the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) or secondary legislation made under that Act] [F7or Part I of the Housing Act 1988] affects the provisions of this section relating to the obtaining possession of [F8any premises].
(4)Expenses incurred by the local housing authority under this section in obtaining possession of [F8any premises], or part of [F8any premises], may be recovered by them by action from the owner, or from any of the owners, of [F4the premises].
(5)A person who, knowing that a demolition order has become operative and applies to [F8any premises]—
(a)enters into occupation of [F4the premises], or a part of [F5them], after the date by which the order requires [F5them] to be vacated, or
(b)permits another person to enter into such occupation after that date,
commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and to a further fine not exceeding £5 for every day or part of a day on which the occupation continues after conviction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(1)(a)
F2Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(1)(b)
F3Word substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(1)(c)
F4Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(2)(a)
F5Word substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(2)(b)
F6Words in s. 270(3) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 11(20) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 2, 11, 12, 19)
F7Words inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 47
F8Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s.165(1)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 18(2)(c)
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