35 Power of court to order occupier or owner to allow action to be taken on premises
Housing Act 2004 (2004 c 34) | Legislation

Enforcement: improvement notices and prohibition orders

35  Power of court to order occupier or owner to allow action to be taken on premises

(1)     This section applies where an improvement notice or prohibition order has become operative.

(2)     If the occupier of any specified premises—

(a)     has received reasonable notice of any intended action in relation to the premises, but

(b)     is preventing a relevant person, or any representative of a relevant person or of the local housing authority, from taking that action in relation to the premises,

a magistrates' court may order the occupier to permit to be done on the premises anything which the court considers is necessary or expedient for the purpose

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