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4(1)The local housing authority must serve a notice under this paragraph before they enter any premises under paragraph 3 for the purpose of taking action in relation to a hazard.E+W

(2)The notice must identify the improvement notice to which it relates and state—

(a)the premises and hazard concerned;

(b)that the authority intend to enter the premises;

(c)the action which the authority intend to take on the premises; and

(d)the power under which the authority intend to enter the premises and take the action.

(3)The notice must be served on the person on whom the improvement notice was served, and a copy of the notice must be served on any other person who is an occupier of the premises.

(4)The notice and any such copy must be served sufficiently in advance of the time when the authority intend to enter the premises as to give the recipients reasonable notice of the intended entry.

(5)A copy of the notice may also be served on any owner of the premises.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 wholly in force at 16.6.2006; Sch. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 270(4)(5); Sch. 3 in force for E. at 6.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); Sch. 3 in force for W. at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)

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