{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-tenants-of-local-housing-authorities-right-to-repair-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-tenants-of-local-housing-authorities-right-to-repair-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Tenants of Local Housing Authorities (Right to Repair) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-tenants-of-local-housing-authorities-right-to-repair-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations give secure tenants of local housing authorities rights relating to ~epairs to their homes which their landlords are obliged, under repairing covenants, to carry out. Such a tenant is given the right, if rhe first contractor does not complete qualifying repairs within specified time limits, to require the landlord to appoint a second contractor to carry out the repairs. The tenant is also given a right to compensation from his landlord if the repairs are not carried out within specified time limits after he has asked for a second contractor to be appointed.\nRegulation 2 contains definitions and provides that landlords themselves are included in references to contractors in the Regulations.\nRegulation 3 describes the circumstances in which the rights apply. A repair must be within a description of repair prescribed by regulation 4.\nRegulation 5 sets out the procedure the landlord should follow if a tenant asks for a repair to be carried out. If the repair is a qualifying repair and is not carried out within specified time limits, regulation 6 entitles the tenant to require the landlord to appoint a different contractor to do the repair. If the repair still is not completed within specified time limits, the tenant may be entitled to compensation from the landlord under regulation 7.\nRegulation 8 suspends, in exceptional circumstances, the specified time limits and regulation 11 extends the limits in the transitional cases described.\nRegulation 9 provides that notices may be served by post and regulation 10 provides that disputes may be determined by the county court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/133/note",
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  },
  "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."
}