PART XVI ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING

Miscellaneous

564 Reinstatement of defective dwelling by local housing authority.

(1)

Where a relevant interest in a defective dwelling has been disposed of by a public sector authority, the local housing authority may, before the end of the period within which a person may seek assistance under this Part in respect of the dwelling, enter into an agreement with—

(a)

any person holding an interest in the dwelling, or

(b)

any person who is a statutory tenant of it,

to execute at his expense any of the work required to reinstate the dwelling.

(2)

For the purposes of this section a disposal by or under an enactment of an interest in a dwelling held by a public sector authority shall be treated as a disposal of the interest by the authority.