Section 37: Effect of improvement notices and prohibition orders as local land charges

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

Part 1: Housing conditions — Chapter 2: Improvement notices, prohibition orders and hazard awareness notices

An improvement notice or a prohibition order under this Chapter is a local land charge if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.

This subsection applies if the notice or order has become operative.

This subsection applies if—

the notice or order is suspended under section 14 or 23, and
the period for appealing against it under Part 3 of Schedule 1 or 2 has expired without an appeal having been brought.

This subsection applies if—

the notice or order is suspended under section 14 or 23,
an appeal has been brought against it under Part 3 of Schedule 1 or 2, and
were it not suspended—
the notice would have become operative under section 15(5) by virtue of paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 1 (improvement notices: confirmation on appeal or expiry of period for further appeal), or
the order would have become operative under section 24(5) by virtue of paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 2 (prohibition orders: confirmation on appeal or expiry of period for further appeal).

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