Where a person issued with a community protection notice ("the defaulter") fails to comply with a requirement of the notice, the relevant local authority may take action under subsection (2) or subsection (3) (or both).
The relevant local authority may have work carried out to ensure that the failure is remedied, but only on land that is open to the air.
As regards premises other than land open to the air, if the relevant local authority issues the defaulter with a notice—
the authority may have the work carried out if the necessary consent is given.
A person authorised by a local authority to carry out work under this section may enter any premises to the extent reasonably necessary for that purpose, except that a person who is only authorised to carry out work under subsection (2) may only enter land that is open to the air.
If work is carried out under subsection (2) or (3) and the relevant local authority issues a notice to the defaulter—
the defaulter is liable to the authority for that amount (subject to the outcome of any appeal under subsection (7)).
A person issued with a notice under subsection (6) may appeal to a magistrates' court, within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice was issued, on the ground that the amount specified under subsection (6)(b) is excessive.
A magistrates' court hearing an appeal under subsection (7) must—
In this section "the relevant local authority" means—