Part 1Housing standards
Chapter 6Maintenance
Maintenance plans
49Enforcement of maintenance plans
1
Where the local authority considers that the owner of a house which is subject to a maintenance plan has failed to—
a
secure the carrying out of any maintenance required by the maintenance plan, or
b
do anything else required by the plan,
the local authority may itself do anything which it considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of securing the implementation of the plan.
2
Subsection (1) does not authorise the local authority to pay any sums—
a
into a maintenance account otherwise than in accordance with section 50, or
b
to any owner of a house to which the maintenance plan relates other than by way of a grant paid under section 51.