Housing and Planning Act 2016

4 (1) Section 105 (operation of interim management orders) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) An order under section 102(7A) ceases to have effect (if it has not already ceased to have effect) when the ban on letting housing in England ceases to have effect.

(7B) In subsection (7A) “the ban on letting housing in England” means the ban on letting contained in the banning order mentioned in section 102(7A).”

(3) In subsection (8), for “and” substitute “to”.

(4) After subsection (9) insert—

“(9A) If—

(a) the IMO was made under section 102(7A), and

(b) the date on which the FMO or another interim management order comes into force in relation to the house (or part of it) following the disposal of the appeal is later than the date on which the IMO would cease to have effect apart from this subsection,

the IMO continues in force until that later date.”