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(1)If in the opinion of the local housing authority the condition of a house . . . F1 is defective in consequence of—
(a)neglect to comply with the requirements imposed by regulations under section 369 (regulations prescribing management code), . . . F2
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
the authority may serve on the person managing the house a notice specifying the works which, in the opinion of the authority, are required to make good the neglect.
(2)If it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name or address of the person managing the house, the notice may be served by addressing it to him by the description of “manager of the House” (naming the house to which it relates) and delivering it to some person on the premises.
(3)The notice shall require the person on whom it is served to execute the works specified in the notice [F3as follows, namely,—
(a)to begin those works not later than such reasonable date, being not earlier than the twenty-first day after the date of service of the notice, as is specified in the notice; and
(b)to complete those works within such reasonable period as is so specified.]
(4)Where the authority serve a notice under this section on the person managing a house, they shall inform any other person who is to their knowledge an owner, lessee or mortgagee of the house of the fact that the notice has been served.
(5)References in this section to the person managing a house have the same meaning as in section 369 (and accordingly are subject to amendment by regulations under that section).
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), ss. 165(1)(c), 194(4), Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 58(a), Sch. 12 Pt. II (subject to a saving in S.I. 1990/1274, art. 3, Sch. para. 2 in relation to certain applications approved before 1.7.1990)
F2Word “or” and s. 372(1)(b) repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), ss. 165(1)(c), 194(4), Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 58(b), Sch. 12 Pt. II (subject to a saving in S.I. 1990/1274, art. 3, Sch. para. 2 in relation to certain applications approved before 1.7.1990)
F3Words beginning “as follows,” and s. 372(3)(a)(b) substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(c), Sch 9 Pt. III para. 50(b)
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