Regulation 8 Decision to assist

Where the panel member decides to assist the landlord under subsection (3) of section 28A of the Act, the notice sent to the landlord and the tenant under subsection (5) of that section must, in addition to the information required under that subsection, state—

(a)

the name and address of the landlord;

(b)

the name and address of the landlord’s representative, if any;

(c)

the name of the tenant and the address of the house;

(d)

the name of any person the landlord intends to authorise to enter the house;

(e)

whether the landlord is seeking entry to the house for the purpose of—

(i)

viewing its state and condition for the purpose of determining whether the house meets the repairing standard;

(ii)

carrying out any work necessary to comply with the duty in section 14(1)(b) of the Act; or

(iii)

both;

(f)

that if the tenant (without reasonable excuse) fails or refuses, within a reasonable time, to—

(i)

respond to the panel member; or

(ii)

agree a suitable date and time (or dates and times) for the landlord to exercise the landlord’s right of entry;

the panel member may fix a date and time (or dates and times) for the landlord to exercise the landlord’s right of entry.