Section 116 Consent of tenant.

This section applies where a dwelling-house is subject to a statutory tenancy and the landlord wishes to carry out works which can not be carried out without the consent of the tenant.

If the tenant is unwilling to give his consent, then, if F2either of the conditions specified in subsections (3) and (3A) below is satisfied, the county court may, on the application of the landlord, make an order empowering him to enter and carry out the works.

The F4first of the conditions referred to in subsection (2) above is that the works were specified in an application for a F5. . . grant under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the application has been approved.

The second of those conditions is that assistance was or is to be provided in relation to the carrying out of the works under article 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance)(England and Wales) Order 2002

An order under subsection (2) above may be made subject to such conditions as to the time at which the works are to be carried out and as to any provision to be made for the accommodation of the tenant and his household while they are carried out as the court may think fit.

Where such an order is made subject to any condition as to time, compliance with that condition shall be deemed to be also compliance with any condition imposed by the F7local housing authority F8under section 37 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

In determining whether to make such an order and, if it is made, what (if any) conditions it should be subject to, the court shall have regard to all the circumstances and in particular to—

but the court shall not take into account the means or resources of the tenant.