Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Carrying out of work by councilN.I.

5—(1) The council may carry out any work required by the notice.N.I.

(2) But the council may do so only if one of the following three conditions is met.

(3) The first condition is that—

(a)the date specified for that work to be completed has passed, and

(b)the council has given the owner not less than 7 days' notice of its intention to carry out the work under this paragraph.

(4) The second condition is that the owner has given notice to the council that the owner is unable to comply with the requirement because of a lack of necessary rights (of access or otherwise) despite having taken reasonable steps for the purposes of acquiring those rights.

(5) The third condition is that the owner has given notice to the council stating that the owner considers that carrying out the work is likely to endanger any person.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 5 in operation at 1.4.2019 by S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)