28 Hazard awareness notices relating to category 1 hazards: duty of authority to serve notice
Housing Act 2004 (2004 c 34) | Legislation

Hazard awareness notices

28  Hazard awareness notices relating to category 1 hazards: duty of authority to serve notice

(1)     If—

(a)     the local housing authority are satisfied that a category 1 hazard exists on any residential premises, and

(b)     no management order is in force in relation to the premises under Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 4,

serving a hazard awareness notice under this section in respect of the hazard is a course of action available to the authority in relation to the hazard for the purposes of section 5 (category 1 hazards: general duty to take enforcement action).

(2)     A hazard awareness notice under this section is a notice advising the person on whom it is served of the existence of a category 1 hazard on the residential premises

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