# The Housing (Enforcement Procedures for Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that before serving a works notice (a notice requiring the execution of works either to render houses in multiple occupation fit for the number of occupants or to remedy neglect in management), a local authority shall serve a notice and give an opportunity for representations to be made unless it appears to the authority necessary to take action immediately.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/227/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-enforcement-procedures-for-houses-in-multiple-occupation-order-1997/note
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