PART 2LICENSING OF MOBILE HOME SITES ETC.
Breach of condition
19Compliance notice: power to demand expenses
1
When serving a compliance notice on an owner of land, a local authority may impose a charge on the owner as a means of recovering expenses incurred by the local authority—
a
in deciding whether to serve the notice, and
b
in preparing and serving the notice or a demand under subsection (3).
2
The expenses referred to in subsection (1) include (but are not limited to) the costs of obtaining expert advice (including legal advice).
3
The power under subsection (1) is exercisable by serving the compliance notice together with a demand which sets out—
a
the total expenses the local authority seeks to recover under subsection (1) (“relevant expenses”),
b
a detailed breakdown of the relevant expenses, and
c
where the local authority propose to charge interest under section 25, the rate at which the relevant expenses carry interest.
4
Where a tribunal allows an appeal under section 17 against the compliance notice with which a demand was served, the tribunal may make such order as it considers appropriate—
a
confirming, reducing or quashing any charge under this section made in respect of the notice, and
b
varying the demand as appropriate in consequence.