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Housing and Planning Act 2016

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123 Electrical safety standards: enforcement

(1) Regulations under section 122 may provide for covenants to be implied into a tenancy. (2) Regulations under that section— (a) may make provision about the enforcement of a duty imposed by the regulations; (b) may confer functions on a local housing authority in England. (3) The provision that may be made about enforcement includes provision— (a) requiring a landlord who fails to comply with a duty imposed by the regulations to pay a financial penalty (or more than one penalty in the event of a continuing failure); (b) conferring power on a local housing authority to arrange for a person to enter on the premises, with the consent of the tenant, to remedy any failure by the landlord to comply with a duty imposed by the regulations. (4) The provision that may be made in reliance on subsection (3)(a) includes provision— (a) about the procedure to be followed in imposing penalties; (b) about the amount of penalties; (c) conferring rights of appeal against penalties; (d) for the enforcement of penalties; (e) about the application of sums paid by way of penalties (and such provision may permit or require the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund). (5) The provision that may be made in reliance on subsection (3)(b) includes provision— (a) about procedural matters; (b) enabling a local housing authority to recover from the landlord any costs incurred by it in remedying the failure; (c) about the application of costs recovered (and such provision may permit or require the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund). (6) In this section “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985.

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123 Electrical safety standards: enforcement

(1) Regulations under section 122 may provide for covenants to be implied into a tenancy. (2) Regulations under that section— (a) may make provision about the enforcement of a duty imposed by the regulations; (b) may confer functions on a local housing authority in England. (3) The provision that may be made about enforcement includes provision— (a) requiring a landlord who fails to comply with a duty imposed by the regulations to pay a financial penalty (or more than one penalty in the event of a continuing failure); (b) conferring power on a local housing authority to arrange for a person to enter on the premises, with the consent of the tenant, to remedy any failure by the landlord to comply with a duty imposed by the regulations. (4) The provision that may be made in reliance on subsection (3)(a) includes provision— (a) about the procedure to be followed in imposing penalties; (b) about the amount of penalties; (c) conferring rights of appeal against penalties; (d) for the enforcement of penalties; (e) about the application of sums paid by way of penalties (and such provision may permit or require the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund). (5) The provision that may be made in reliance on subsection (3)(b) includes provision— (a) about procedural matters; (b) enabling a local housing authority to recover from the landlord any costs incurred by it in remedying the failure; (c) about the application of costs recovered (and such provision may permit or require the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund). (6) In this section “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985.

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