Where, after the 3rd October 1961 (which was the date of commencement of the relevant provisions of the Public Health Act 1961)—
except that, if the said owner or occupier, within fourteen days from the date of service of the notice on him, serves on the first-mentioned person and on the local authority a notice (in this section referred to as a "counter-notice") that he elects to carry out the work himself, the owner or occupier shall comply with the notice served under paragraph (i) above instead of the first-mentioned person and may recover the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing from that person.
A person on whom a notice is served under paragraph (i) or paragraph (ii) of subsection (1) above may appeal to the appropriate court or tribunal.
If—
he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, and the local authority may themselves carry out such work as may be necessary to comply with the notice served under the said paragraph (1), and recover the expenses reasonably incurred in doing so from the person on whom that notice was served.