Housing Act 1985

279 Closing orders: substitution of demolition order.

(1) Where a local housing authority have made a closing order, they may, subject to subsection (2), at any time revoke it and make a demolition order.

(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) is not exercisable in relation to a closing order made under or by virtue of—

• section 266 (parts of buildings and underground rooms),

• section 304(1) (listed buildings), or

• section 304(2) (building subject to demolition order becoming listed),

or where the closing order has been determined under section 278 as respects part of the premises to which it relates.

(3) The provisions of this Part relating to demolition orders, including the provisions relating to service of copies of the order and appeals, apply to an order under this section as they apply to a demolition order under section 265.