I2Part III Additional Remedies

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Commencement Information
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Part III wholly in force at 30.11.1991 see s. 54(2) and S.I. 2508, art. 2.

Dwelling-houses rendered uninhabitable etc.

I123 Relief for temporary dispossession.

1

Where a dwelling-house is affected by subsidence damage, Schedule 5 to this Act (which confers on any person temporarily dispossessed of the dwelling-house a right to certain relief) shall apply as respects any period during which the requirements of subsection (2) below are satisfied.

2

The requirements of this subsection are satisfied if—

a

by reason of deterioration due to the subsidence damage in the condition of the dwelling-house, and having regard to the time which will be required to remedy that deterioration, the dwelling-house is not in a reasonably fit state for it to be used as such; and

b

the dwelling-house is not used as such by or with the authority of the person who immediately before the deterioration in its condition was entitled to possession of it.