Prospective
80Completion certificateE+W
(1)This section and section 81 apply where a local authority has given notice under section 78 or 79 to a person (“P”).
(2)If the authority is satisfied that P has taken the steps specified in the notice, the authority must give a certificate to that effect to P (a “completion certificate”) discharging the notice.
(3)P may at any time apply to the authority for a completion certificate.
(4)The application—
(a)is to be made in whatever way the authority may require, and
(b)is to include whatever information the authority may require.
(5)If a local authority refuses an application under subsection (3), it must give P notice that the application is refused.
(6)The notice must—
(a)set out the authority's reasons for refusing the application,
(b)state that P may appeal under section 81 against the decision, and
(c)specify the period within which an appeal may be brought.
(7)A local authority that gives a certificate or notice under this section must take reasonable steps for bringing the certificate or notice to the attention of any persons the authority thinks likely to be affected by it.