Housing Act 2004

Requirements following making of interim or final management order

7 (1) This paragraph applies where the local housing authority make an interim management order or a final management order.

(2) As soon as practicable after the order is made, the authority must serve on the occupiers of the house—

(a) a copy of the order, and

(b) a notice under this sub-paragraph.

(3) Those documents are to be regarded as having been served on the occupiers if they are fixed to a conspicuous part of the house.

(4) The notice under sub-paragraph (2) must set out—

(a) the reasons for making the order and the date on which it was made,

(b) the general effect of the order, and

(c) the date on which the order is to cease to have effect in accordance with section 105(4) and (5) or 114(3) and (4) (or, if applicable, how the date mentioned in section 105(6) is to be determined),

and (if it is a final management order) give a general description of the way in which the house is to be managed by the authority in accordance with the management scheme contained in the order.

(5) The authority must also serve a copy of the order, together with a notice under this sub-paragraph, on each relevant person.

(6) The notice under sub-paragraph (5) must comply with sub-paragraph (4) and also contain information about—

(a) the right of appeal against the order under Part 3 of this Schedule, and

(b) the period within which any such appeal may be made (see paragraph 25(2)).

(7) The documents required to be served on each relevant person under sub-paragraph (5) must be served within the period of seven days beginning with the day on which the order is made.