Part 3Selective licensing of other residential accommodation
Grant or refusal of licences
I187Applications for licences
1
An application for a licence must be made to the local housing authority.
2
The application must be made in accordance with such requirements as the authority may specify.
3
The authority may, in particular, require the application to be accompanied by a fee fixed by the authority.
4
The power of the authority to specify requirements under this section is subject to any regulations made under subsection (5).
5
The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision about the making of applications under this section.
6
Such regulations may, in particular—
a
specify the manner and form in which applications are to be made;
b
require the applicant to give copies of the application, or information about it, to particular persons;
c
specify the information which is to be supplied in connection with applications;
d
specify the maximum fees which may be charged (whether by specifying amounts or methods for calculating amounts);
e
specify cases in which no fees are to be charged or fees are to be refunded.
7
When fixing fees under this section, the local housing authority may (subject to any regulations made under subsection (5)) take into account—
a
all costs incurred by the authority in carrying out their functions under this Part, and
b
all costs incurred by them in carrying out their functions under Chapter 1 of Part 4 in relation to Part 3 houses (so far as they are not recoverable under or by virtue of any provision of that Chapter).