Part 1Housing conditions

Chapter 1Enforcement of housing standards: general

Enforcement of housing standards

10Consultation with fire and rescue authorities in certain cases

(1)

This section applies where a local housing authority—

(a)

are satisfied that a prescribed fire hazard exists in an HMO or in any common parts of a building containing one or more flats, and

(b)

intend to take in relation to the hazard one of the kinds of enforcement action mentioned in section 5(2) or section 7(2).

(2)

Before taking the enforcement action in question, the authority must consult the fire and rescue authority for the area in which the HMO or building is situated.

(3)

In the case of any proposed emergency measures, the authority’s duty under subsection (2) is a duty to consult that fire and rescue authority so far as it is practicable to do so before taking those measures.

(4)

In this section—

“emergency measures” means emergency remedial action under section 40 or an emergency prohibition order under section 43;

“fire and rescue authority” means a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21);

“prescribed fire hazard” means a category 1 or 2 hazard which is prescribed as a fire hazard for the purposes of this section by regulations under section 2.