Landlord Liability for Expenditure of Local Authority
2.—(1) A landlord who is subject to an antisocial behaviour notice shall be liable for the expenditure of a local authority prescribed in paragraph (2) in the following circumstances:
(a)the local authority has given the landlord and any person to whom a copy of the antisocial behaviour notice has been given in terms of section 68(4) of the 2004 Act, notice in writing of the intention of that local authority to take such steps as it considers necessary under section 78(2) of the 2004 Act;
(b)that notice contains a statement that the local authority will seek to recover the expenditure from the landlord; and
(c)that notice contains an estimate by the local authority of the expenditure in relation to the steps it considers necessary as referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above which it will seek to recover.
(2) The expenditure referred to in paragraph (1) is:
(a)payments made by the local authority to other persons for services which either deal with the antisocial behaviour specified in the antisocial behaviour notice or contribute to dealing with that behaviour;
(b)costs incurred by the local authority which are directly associated with dealing with the antisocial behaviour specified in the antisocial behaviour notice including appropriate costs of staff and relevant overheads.