{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-maximum-charge-for-enforcement-action-order-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-maximum-charge-for-enforcement-action-order-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2886",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Maximum Charge for Enforcement Action) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-maximum-charge-for-enforcement-action-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder section 87 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, a local housing authority may make a reasonable charge in order to recover certain administrative and other expenses when in relation to housing which is unfit or in a state of disrepair they —\n(a) serve a deferred action notice or decide to renew such a notice,\n(b) serve a repair notice,\n(c) make a closing order, or\n(d) make a demolition order.\nThe expenses recoverable are specified in section 87(2) to (4) to the 1996 Act.\nThis Order specifies £300 as the maximum amount of such charge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2886/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:32:12.129574+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."
}