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26Effect of failure to comply with repairing standard enforcement orderS
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(1)It is for the [F1First-tier Tribunal] to decide whether a landlord has complied with a repairing standard enforcement order made by the [F2First-tier Tribunal].

(2)Where the [F3First-tier Tribunal decides] that a landlord has failed to comply with the repairing standard enforcement order, the [F4First-tier Tribunal] must—

(a)serve notice of the failure on the local authority, and

(b)decide whether to make a rent relief order.

(3)The [F5First-tier Tribunal] may not decide that a landlord has failed to comply with a repairing standard enforcement order—

(a)unless the period within which the order requires the work to be completed has ended, or

(b)if the [F6First-tier Tribunal is] satisfied, on the submission of the landlord or otherwise—

(i)that the landlord is unable to comply with the order because of a lack of necessary rights (of access or otherwise) despite having taken reasonable steps for the purposes of acquiring those rights, or

(ii)that the work required by the order is likely to endanger any person.

(4)Where the [F7First-tier Tribunal is] prevented by reason only of subsection (3)(b) from deciding that a landlord has failed to comply with a repairing standard enforcement order, the [F8First-tier Tribunal] must serve notice on the local authority stating that [F9it considers] the landlord to be unable to comply with the repairing standard enforcement order.

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