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Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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Service of notices

1.—(1) If a council issues a Part 4 notice, the council must serve the notice on—

(a)any person appearing to the council to be the owner of the HMO, and

(b)any person appearing to the council to be a managing agent of the HMO.

(2) The council must—

(a)in the case of an emergency hazard notice, serve the notice on the occupants of the HMO, and

(b)in any other case, send a copy of the notice to the occupants of the HMO.

(3) The council may send a copy of the notice to—

(a)anyone else with a relevant interest in the HMO (see sub-paragraph (5)),

(b)the statutory authorities, and

(c)such other persons as the council considers appropriate.

(4) An emergency hazard notice must be served under sub-paragraph (1) and (2)(a) on the day on which it is issued or, if that is not possible, as soon as possible thereafter.

(5) In sub-paragraph (3)(a), a “relevant interest” is—

(a)a freehold or leasehold estate;

(b)a mortgage, charge or lien.

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