Section 59: Notification requirements relating to designations

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

Part 2: Licensing of houses in multiple occupation

This section applies to a designation—

when it is confirmed under section 58, or
(if it is not required to be so confirmed) when it is made by the local housing authority.

As soon as the designation is confirmed or made, the authority must publish in the prescribed manner a notice stating—

that the designation has been made,
whether or not the designation was required to be confirmed and either that it has been confirmed or that a general approval under section 58 applied to it (giving details of the approval in question),
the date on which the designation is to come into force, and
any other information which may be prescribed.

After publication of a notice under subsection (2), and for as long as the designation is in force, the local housing authority must make available to the public in accordance with any prescribed requirements—

copies of the designation, and
such information relating to the designation as is prescribed.

In this section "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

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