The Housing (Prescribed Forms) (No. 2) Regulations 1990

Prescribed forms

2.—(1) The forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, or forms substantially to the like effect, shall be the forms to be used for the following purposes of the Housing Act 1985(1)—

(a) Forms 1, 2 and 3, as appropriate, for a repair notice under section 189 in respect of unfit premises;

(b) Form 4 for a repair notice under section 190(1) in respect of premises in a state of disrepair but not unfit and Form 5 for a repair notice under section 190(1A) served in respect of such premises on the person having control of them;

(c) Form 6 for a notice under section 352 requiring the execution of works to make a house in multiple occupation fit for the number of occupants;

(d) Form 7 for a notice under section 372 requiring the execution of works to remedy the neglect of management of a house in multiple occupation;

(e) Form 8 for a notice under section 194(1) or 375(3A) of a local housing authority’s intention to enter and execute works;

(f) Form 9 for a notice under sections 197, 319, 337, 340 or 395 before exercising powers of entry;

(g) Form 10 for a demand under paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 for recovery of expenses incurred by a local housing authority in carrying out works in default;

(h) Form 11 for a notice under paragraph 6A(1) of Schedule 10 requiring occupiers of premises to pay rent direct to a local housing authority;

(i) Form 12 for a notice under paragraph 6A(3) of Schedule 10 discontinuing the requirement that occupiers of premises pay rent direct to a local housing authority;

(j) Form 13 for a closing order under section 264;

(k) Form 14 for a demolition order under section 265;

(l) Form 15 for a notice under section 270 requiring an occupier to quit premises after a demolition order has become operative;

(m) Form 16 for a notice under section 273(1) of a local housing authority’s intention to cleanse premises subject to a demolition order;

(n) Form 17 for a notice under section 273(2) authorising an owner to proceed with demolition after premises have been cleansed;

(o) Form 18 for a closing order under section 275 or 304 in substitution for a demolition order;

(p) Form 19 for a demolition order under section 279 in substitution for a closing order;

(q) Form 20 for a notice under section 289(2B)(a) of a local housing authority’s intention to include a building in a clearance area;

(r) Form 21 for a notice under section 300 of a local housing authority’s determination to purchase premises liable to be demolished or closed;

(s) Form 22 for a certificate of fitness under section 310 resulting from an owner’s improvements or alterations to premises;

(t) Form 23 for a notice under section 330 revoking a licence authorising more than the permitted number to sleep in a dwelling;

(u) Form 24 for a notice under section 331 informing a landlord that a dwelling is overcrowded;

(v) Form 25 for a notice under section 335 requiring information about persons sleeping in a dwelling; (w) Form 26 for a notice under section 338 requiring an occupier of an overcrowded dwelling to abate the overcrowding;

(w) Form 26 for a notice under section 338 requiring an occupier of an overcrowded dwelling to abate the overcrowding;

(x) Form 27 for a notice under section 354(3) of a local housing authority’s intention to limit by direction the number of occupants of a house, or part of a house, in multiple occupation;

(y) Form 28 for a direction under section 354(1) limiting the number of occupants of a house, or part of a house, in multiple occupation;

(z) Form 29 for a notice under section 356 requiring information about the occupation of a house, or part of a house, in multiple occupation in respect of which a direction under section 354 is in force;

(aa) Form 30 for a revocation or variation under section 357 of a direction under section 354;

(ab) Form 31 for a notice under section 358(2) of a local housing authority’s intention to serve an overcrowding notice in respect of a house in multiple occupation;

(ac) Form 32 for an overcrowding notice under section 358(1) in respect of a house in multiple occupation;

(ad) Form 33 for a revocation or variation under section 363 of an overcrowding notice in respect of a house in multiple occupation;

(ae) Form 34 for a notice under section 364 requiring information where an overcrowding notice under section 358 is in force;

(af) Form 35 for a closing order under section 368 in respect of a part of a house in multiple occupation;

(ag) Form 36 for a control order under section 379 in respect of a house in multiple occupation;

(ah) Form 37 for a notice under section 379 accompanying a control order;

(ai) Form 38 for a notice under paragraph 25 of Schedule 13 of the balances payable to a dispossessed proprietor on the termination of a control order;

(aj) Form 39 for a notice under paragraph 26 of Schedule 13 to enable a local housing authority to recover capital expenditure incurred in carrying out works before a control order ceased to have effect.

(2) Form 8 is prescribed for use only in cases where the notice is served in relation to a repair notice served on or after 1st April 1990.

(3) Form 10 is prescribed for use only in cases where the demand is served in relation to a notice served under section 189, 190, 352 or, as the case may be, 372 on or after 1st April 1990.

(4) Forms 18 and 19 are prescribed for use only in cases where the closing order or, as the case may be, demolition order is made in substitution for a demolition order or, as the case may be, closing order made on or after 1st April 1990.

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Relevant amendments are made in this Act by Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) and Schedules 9, 11 and 12 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).