Part 9Rights of entry

181Rights of entry: general

1

Any person authorised by a local authority is entitled to enter—

a

any land or premises for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether any part of its area should be designated as an HRA,

b

any premises for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether—

i

to serve a work notice or demolition notice,

ii

any such notice has been complied with, or

iii

to grant a certificate under section 60 in relation to work required by a work notice,

c

any premises which the local authority is required or authorised by Part 1 to carry out work in or to demolish, for the purposes of doing so,

d

any premises for the purposes of enabling the local authority to—

i

decide whether to make a maintenance order,

ii

consider or devise a maintenance plan,

iii

decide whether a maintenance plan has been implemented, or

iv

do anything which the local authority is authorised by section 48(2) or 49(1) to do,

e

any living accommodation for the purposes of enabling or assisting the local authority to decide whether—

i

the living accommodation is an HMO which requires to be licensed under Part 5,

ii

to grant, vary or revoke an HMO licence in relation to the living accommodation,

iii

a condition included in an HMO licence has been breached,

iv

any person has failed to comply with a requirement made by a temporary exemption order,

v

any person has failed to comply with a requirement made under section 145(2),

vi

to serve an HMO amenity notice,

vii

an HMO amenity notice has been complied with,

viii

to grant a certificate under paragraph 7 of schedule 5 in relation to work required by an HMO amenity notice.

2

A member of a private rented housing committee, and any person authorised by any such member, is entitled to enter any house in respect of which a tenant’s application under section 22(1) has been referred to the committee for the purposes of enabling or assisting the committee to—

a

determine the application under section 24(1),

b

decide whether the landlord has complied with, or is likely to comply with, any repairing standard enforcement order made by the committee in pursuance of that application, or

c

decide whether to grant a certificate under section 60 in relation to the work required by any such order.

3

The owner of any premises, or any person authorised by the owner, is entitled to enter the premises for the purposes of—

a

carrying out work required by a work notice or an HMO amenity notice,

b

carrying out a demolition required by a demolition notice, or

c

implementing a maintenance plan.

4

A landlord in a tenancy to which Chapter 4 of Part 1 applies, or any person authorised by the landlord, is entitled to enter the house concerned for the purpose of—

a

viewing its state and condition for the purpose of determining whether the house meets the repairing standard, or

b

carrying out any work necessary to comply with the duty in section 14(1)(b) or a repairing standard enforcement order.

5

An authorisation under subsection (1) to (4) must state the particular purpose or purposes for which the entry is authorised.

6

Any person who inspects a house in exercise of a right conferred by subsection (2) must provide the committee with a report of that inspection.