Paragraph 12 I1

Section 12 (improvement notices relating to category 2 hazards: power of authority to serve notice) is amended as follows.

For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)

If—

(a)

the local housing authority are satisfied that—

(i)

a category 2 hazard exists on any residential premises, or

(ii)

any qualifying residential premises fail to meet a type 2 requirement, and

(b)

no management order is in force in relation to the premises under Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 4,

the authority may serve an improvement notice under this section in respect of the hazard or failure.”

In subsection (2), after “hazard” insert “or failure”.

In subsection (4), for the words from “to” to the end substitute

“to—

(a)

more than one category 2 hazard on the same premises or in the same building containing one or more flats,

(b)

more than one failure to meet type 2 requirements by the same premises or the same building containing one or more flats, or

(c)

any combination of such hazards and failures—

(i)

on or by the same premises, or

(ii)

in or by the same building containing one or more flats.”

In the heading, after “hazards” insert “and type 2 requirements”.