Regulation 8 Amendment of regulation 7: duty of local housing authority to arrange remedial action

in paragraph (1), after “regulation 6(1)” insert “or (1A)”;

in paragraph (5), omit “, other than legal proceedings,”; and

after paragraph (5), insert—

“(6)

For the purposes of paragraph (5), where an authorised person is prevented from entering the premises to which the duty under this regulation relates by a landlord, tenant or occupier of the premises, the local housing authority will not be considered to have failed to have taken all reasonable steps to comply with the duty under this regulation solely by reason of a failure to bring legal proceedings with a view to securing entry to the premises.”.