Housing Act 2004

Contents

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1. Part 1 · Housing conditions
   1. Chapter 1 Enforcement of housing standards: general
   2. Chapter 2 Improvement notices, prohibition orders and hazard awareness notices
   3. Chapter 3 Emergency measures
   4. Chapter 4 Demolition orders and slum clearance declarations
   5. Chapter 5 General and miscellaneous provisions relating to enforcement action
2. Part 2 · Licensing of houses in multiple occupation
   1. Enforcement
   2. Introductory
   3. Designation of additional licensing areas
   4. Grant or refusal of licences
   5. HMOs required to be licensed
   6. Procedure and appeals
   7. Supplementary provisions
   8. Variation and revocation of licences
3. Part 3 · Selective licensing of other residential accommodation
   1. Enforcement
   2. Introductory
   3. Designation of selective licensing areas
   4. Grant or refusal of licences
   5. Houses required to be licensed
   6. Procedure and appeals
   7. Supplementary provisions
   8. Variation and revocation of licences
4. Part 4 · Additional control provisions in relation to residential accommodation
   1. Chapter 1 Interim and final management orders
   2. Chapter 2 Interim and final empty dwelling management orders
   3. Chapter 3 Overcrowding notices
   4. Chapter 4 Supplementary provisions
5. Part 5
   1. Enforcement
   2. Preliminary
   3. Supplementary
   4. Contents of home information packs
   5. Duties of a responsible person where a property is on the market
   6. Exceptions from the duties
   7. Other duties of person acting as estate agent
   8. Register of home condition reports
   9. Responsibility for marketing residential properties
6. Part 6 · Other provisions about housing
   1. Chapter 1 Secure tenancies
   2. Chapter 2 Disposals attracting discounts other than under right to buy
   3. Chapter 3 Mobile Homes
   4. Chapter 4 Tenancy deposit schemes
   5. Chapter 5 Miscellaneous
7. Part 7 · Supplementary and final provisions
   1. Authorisations
   2. Documents
   3. Enforcement
   4. Codes of practice and management regulations relating to HMOs etc.
   5. Final provisions
   6. Financial penalties as alternative to prosecution
   7. First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
   8. Information provisions
   9. Meaning of “house in multiple occupation”
   10. Other general interpretation provisions
   11. Other supplementary provisions
   12. Register of licences and management orders
   13. Residential property tribunals
8. Schedule 1 · Procedure and appeals relating to improvement notices
   1. Part 1 Service of improvement notices
   2. Part 2 Service of notices relating to revocation or variation of improvement notices
   3. Part 3 Appeals relating to improvement notices
9. Schedule 2 · Procedure and appeals relating to prohibition orders
   1. Part 1 Service of copies of prohibition orders
   2. Part 2 Service of notices relating to revocation or variation of prohibition orders
   3. Part 3 Appeals relating to prohibition orders
10. Schedule 3 · Improvement notices: enforcement action by local housing authorities
    1. Part 1 Action taken by agreement
    2. Part 2 Power to take action without agreement
    3. Part 3 Recovery of certain expenses
11. Schedule 4 · Licences under Parts 2 and 3: mandatory conditions
    1. Conditions to be included in licences under Part 2 or 3
    2. Additional conditions to be included in licences under Part 2: floor area etc
    3. Time for compliance with conditions under paragraph 1A(2) and (3)
    4. Additional conditions to be included in licences under Part 2: household waste
    5. Additional conditions to be included in licences under Part 3
    6. Power to prescribe conditions
    7. Interpretation
12. Schedule 5 · Licences under Parts 2 and 3: procedure and appeals
    1. Part 1 Procedure relating to grant or refusal of licences
    2. Part 2 Procedure relating to variation or revocation of licences
    3. Part 3 Appeals against licence decisions
13. Schedule 6 · Management orders: procedure and appeals
    1. Part 1 Procedure relating to making of management orders
    2. Part 2 Procedure relating to variation or revocation of management orders
    3. Part 3 Appeals against decisions relating to management orders
14. Schedule 7 · Further provisions regarding empty dwelling management orders
    1. Part 1 Interim EDMOs
    2. Part 2 Final EDMOs
    3. Part 3 Interim and final EDMOs: general provisions (other than provisions relating to appeals)
    4. Part 4 Appeals
15. Schedule 8
    1. (1) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    2. (2) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    3. (3) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    4. (4) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    5. (5) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    6. (6) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    7. (7) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    8. (8) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    9. (9) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    10. (10) Penalty charge notices under section 168
    11. (11) Penalty charge notices under section 168
16. Schedule 9 · New Schedule 5A to the Housing Act 1985: initial demolition notices
17. Schedule 10 · Provisions relating to tenancy deposit schemes
    1. (10C) (1) The provision made by a tenancy deposit scheme under...
    2. Schemes to be custodial schemes or insurance schemes
    3. Provisions applying to custodial and insurance schemes
    4. Custodial Schemes:general
    5. Custodial schemes: termination of tenancies
    6. Custodial schemes: termination of tenancies - absent or un-cooperative landlord or tenant
    7. Insurance schemes: general
    8. Requirements where deposit is to cease to be retained under an insurance scheme
    9. Insurance schemes: termination of tenancies
    10. Notice to be sent to landlord when a direction under paragraph 6(3) is given
    11. Insurance schemes – supplementary provisions
    12. Notifications to tenants
    13. Dispute resolution procedures
    14. Service of documents: general
    15. Service of documents by scheme administrator on landlords
    17. Power to amend
    18. Interpretation
18. Schedule 11 · Registered social landlords
    1. Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69)
    2. Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
    3. Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
19. Schedule 12 · New Schedule 2A to the Housing Act 1996
20. Schedule 13 · Residential property tribunals: procedure
    1. Procedure regulations
    2. Applications and appeals
    3. Transfers
    4. Parties etc.
    5. Information
    6. Pre-trial reviews etc.
    7. Interim orders
    8. Additional relief
    9. Dismissal
    10. Determination without hearing
    11. Fees
    12. Costs
    13. Enforcement
21. Schedule 13A · Financial penalties under section 249A
    1. Notice of intent
    2. Right to make representations
    3. Final notice
    4. Withdrawal or amendment of notice
    5. Appeals
    6. Recovery of financial penalty
    7. Guidance
22. Schedule 14 · Buildings which are not HMOs for purposes of this Act (excluding Part 1)
    1. Introduction: buildings (or parts) which are not HMOs for purposes of this Act (excludingPart 1)
    2. Buildings controlled or managed by public sector bodies etc.
    3. Buildings regulated otherwise than under this Act
    4. Buildings occupied by students: England
    5. Buildings occupied by students : Wales
    6. Buildings occupied by religious communities
    7. Buildings occupied by owners
    8. Buildings occupied by two persons
23. Schedule 15 · Minor and consequential amendments
    1. Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
    2. Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26)
    3. Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)
    4. Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1981 (c. xvii)
    5. Mobile Homes Act 1983 (c. 34)
    6. Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
    7. Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70)
    8. Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
    9. Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
    10. Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
    11. Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46)
    12. Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (c. 10)
    13. Gas Act 1995 (c. 45)
    14. Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
    15. Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53)
    16. Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)
    17. Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
    18. Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)
24. Schedule 16 · Repeals
25. Schedule A1 · Procedure and appeals relating to financial penalties under section 6A
    1. (1) Notice of intent
    2. (2) Notice of intent
    3. (3) Notice of intent
    4. (4) Right to make representations
    5. (5) Final notice
    6. (6) Final notice
    7. (7) Final notice
    8. (8) Final notice
    9. (9) Withdrawal or amendment of notice
    10. (10) Appeals
    11. (11) Recovery of financial penalty
    12. (12) Proceeds of financial penalties
    13. (13) Proceeds of financial penalties
    14. (14) Proceeds of financial penalties