Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART X E+W OVERCROWDING

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. X (ss. 324–344): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(4)

Supplementary provisions E+W

339 Enforcement of this Part. E+W

(1) The local housing authority shall enforce the provisions of this Part.

(2) A prosecution for an offence against those provisions may be brought only—

(a) by the local housing authority,or

(b) in the case of a prosecution against the authority themselves, with the consent of the Attorney General.