76 Defective premises
Building Act 1984 (1984 c 55) | Legislation

Defective premises, demolition etc

76  Defective premises

(1)     If it appears to a local authority that—

(a)     any premises are in such a state (in this section referred to as a “defective state”) as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance, and

(b)     unreasonable delay in remedying the defective state would be occasioned by following the procedure prescribed by [section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990],

the local authority may serve on the person on whom it would have been appropriate to serve an abatement notice under the said section 93 (if the local authority had proceeded under that section) a notice stating that the local authority intend to remedy the defective state and specifying the defects that they intend to remedy.

(2)     Subject to subsection (3) below, the local authority may, after the expiration of nine days after service of a notice under subsection

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