SCHEDULE 5HMO amenity notices: enforcement etc.
6Recovery of expenses etc.
1
The local authority may recover any expenses it incurs in carrying out any work authorised by this schedule from the owner of the living accommodation concerned.
2
Sub-paragraph (1) entitles the local authority to recover—
a
any administrative expenses incurred by it in connection with the act to which the expenses relate or, as the case may be, with the making of the payment, and
b
interest, at such reasonable rate as it may determine, from the date when a demand for payment is served until the whole amount is paid.
3
Notice of any decision to demand recovery of expenses under this paragraph must be given in accordance with section 158.
4
That notice may include, in addition to the matters specified in section 158(12)(a) and (b), a declaration by the local authority that any sums recoverable under this paragraph are to be payable by instalments.