Part 1

Housing conditions
Chapter 2

Improvement notices, prohibition orders and hazard awareness notices

Supplementary provisions

Effect of improvement notices and prohibition orders as local land charges
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1
An improvement notice or a prohibition order under this Chapter is a local land charge if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.
2
This subsection applies if the notice or order has become operative.
3
This subsection applies if—
a
the notice or order is suspended under section 14 or 23, and
b
the period for appealing against it under Part 3 of Schedule 1 or 2 has expired without an appeal having been brought.
4
This subsection applies if—
a
the notice or order is suspended under section 14 or 23,
b
an appeal has been brought against it under Part 3 of Schedule 1 or 2, and
c
were it not suspended—
i
the notice would have become operative under section 15(5) by virtue of paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 1 (improvement notices: confirmation on appeal or expiry of period for further appeal), or
ii
the order would have become operative under section 24(5) by virtue of paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 2 (prohibition orders: confirmation on appeal or expiry of period for further appeal).