46B – Qualifying expenses
19.Section 46B(1) provides that “qualifying expenses” represent the expenses which are recoverable by local authorities from owners for works carried out under section 25(7)(b), 26(3)(b), 27(7)(b), 28(10)(b), 29(2) or (3), or 30(4)(b) of the 2003 Act, and which relate to notices, or works without notice, referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 46B(1). Section 46B(1) further provides that expenses are recoverable only in respect of notices served, or works carried out, following commencement of new section 46B of the 2003 Act. Under section 3 of the Act, section 46B (along with the other sections inserted into the 2003 Act by section 1(b) of the Act) will come into force six months after Royal Assent.
20.Section 46B(2) provides that in the event of a charging order being made for expenses incurred in demolishing a building, references to a building in sections 46A to 46G are to be read as references to the site of the demolished building.