Section 113: Making of final management orders

Housing Act 2004 · 2004 c. 34View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Additional control provisions in relation to residential accommodation — Chapter 1: Interim and final management orders

A local housing authority who have made an interim management order in respect of a house under any provision of section 102 other than subsection (7A) of that section ("the IMO")—

have a duty to make a final management order in respect of the house in a case within subsection (2), and
have power to make such an order in a case within subsection (3).

The authority must make a final management order so as to replace the IMO as from its expiry date if—

on that date the house would be required to be licensed under Part 2 or 3 of this Act (see section 61(1) or 85(1)), and
the authority consider that they are unable to grant a licence under Part 2 or 3 in respect of the house that would replace the IMO as from that date.

The authority may make a final management order so as to replace the IMO as from its expiry date if—

on that date the house will not be one that would be required to be licensed as mentioned in subsection (2)(a), and
the authority consider that making the final management order is necessary for the purpose of protecting, on a long-term basis, the health, safety or welfare of persons occupying the house, or persons occupying or having an estate or interest in any premises in the vicinity.

A local housing authority who have made an interim management order under section 102(7A) may make a final management order so as to replace the interim management order as from its expiry date if the authority consider that making the final management order is necessary for the purpose of protecting, on a long-term basis, the health, safety or welfare of persons occupying the house, or persons occupying or having an estate or interest in any premises in the vicinity.

A local housing authority who have made a final management order in respect of a house under subsection (2), (3), (5) or (6) of this section ("the existing order")—

have a duty to make a final management order in respect of the house in a case within subsection (5), and
have power to make such an order in a case within subsection (6).

The authority must make a new final management order so as to replace the existing order as from its expiry date if—

on that date the condition in subsection (2)(a) will be satisfied in relation to the house, and
the authority consider that they are unable to grant a licence under Part 2 or 3 in respect of the house that would replace the existing order as from that date.

The authority may make a new final management order so as to replace the existing order as from its expiry date if—

on that date the condition in subsection (3)(a) will be satisfied in relation to the house, and
the authority consider that making the new order is necessary for the purpose of protecting, on a long-term basis, the health, safety or welfare of persons within subsection (3)(b).

A local housing authority who have made a final management order in respect of a house under subsection (3A) or this subsection ("the existing order") may make a new final management order so as to replace the existing order as from its expiry date if the authority consider that making the new order is necessary for the purpose of protecting, on a long-term basis, the health, safety or welfare of persons occupying the house, or persons occupying or having an estate or interest in any premises in the vicinity.

In this section "expiry date", in relation to an interim or final management order, means—

where the order is revoked, the date as from which it is revoked, and
otherwise the date on which the order ceases to have effect under section 105 or 114;

and nothing in this section applies in relation to an interim or final management order which has been revoked on an appeal under Part 3 of Schedule 6.

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