Section 564 — Housing Act 1985: Reinstatement of defective dwelling by local housing authority.

Reinstatement of defective dwelling by local housing authority. 564 1 Where a relevant interest in a defective dwelling has been disposed of by a public sector authority, the local housing authority may, before the end of the period within which a person may seek assistance under this Part in respect of the dwelling, enter into an agreement with—

a any person holding an interest in the dwelling, or b any person who is a statutory tenant of it, to execute at his expense any of the work required to reinstate the dwelling.

2 For the purposes of this section a disposal by or under an enactment of an interest in a dwelling held by a public sector authority shall be treated as a disposal of the interest by the authority.