{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazards-in-social-housing-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2025/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazards-in-social-housing-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2025/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1042",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazards-in-social-housing-prescribed-requirements-england-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Supplementary preventative work",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5), paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where a relevant investigation identifies any relevant supplementary preventative work that was not identified by a previous associated investigation and—\n(a) does not conclude that a further investigation is necessary before the relevant supplementary preventative work can be begun, or\n(b) concludes that a further investigation is necessary before the relevant supplementary preventative work can be begun and that further investigation is completed.\n(2) Before the end of the period of 5 working days beginning with the relevant day, the lessor must—\n(a) begin the relevant supplementary preventative work, or\n(b) where it is not reasonably practicable to begin the relevant supplementary preventative work before the end of that period, take steps to secure that the relevant supplementary preventative work begins in accordance with paragraph (3).\n(3) Where paragraph (2)(b) applies, the lessor must secure that the relevant supplementary preventative work begins—\n(a) as soon as reasonably practicable, but\n(b) before the end of the period of 12 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the relevant investigation that determined that the social home is affected by a significant hazard or emergency hazard is completed.\n(4) The lessor must secure that the relevant supplementary preventative work is completed within a reasonable period.\n(5) The requirements in paragraphs (2) to (4) cease to apply from such time that any of the following events occur—\n(a) where the relevant supplementary preventative work cannot be undertaken lawfully unless the lessor obtains the consent of another person, the lessor has exhausted all reasonable endeavours to obtain such consent,\n(b) a subsequent associated investigation concludes that the social home is not affected by a significant hazard or emergency hazard, or\n(c) a subsequent associated investigation concludes that there is no relevant supplementary preventative work in relation to the hazard in question.\n(6) In this regulation—\n“relevant day” means—\n(a) where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the day after the day on which the relevant investigation is completed, or\n(b) where paragraph (1)(b) applies, the day after the day on which the further investigation is completed;\n“relevant supplementary preventative work” has the meaning given by regulation 12(5).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in force at 27.10.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1042/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:19.834828+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}