Section 13 — Housing Act 2004: Contents of improvement notices

Contents of improvement notices 13 1 An improvement notice under section 11 or 12 must comply with the following provisions of this section.

2 The notice must specify, in relation to the hazard (or each of the hazards) to which it relates—

a whether the notice is served under section 11 or 12, b the nature of the hazard and the residential premises on which it exists, c the deficiency giving rise to the hazard, d the premises in relation to which remedial action is to be taken in respect of the hazard and the nature of that remedial action, e the date when the remedial action is to be started (see subsection (3)),

and f the period within which the remedial action is to be completed or the periods within which each part of it is to be completed.

3 The notice may not require any remedial action to be started earlier than the 28th day after that on which the notice is served.

4 The notice must contain information about—

a the right of appeal against the decision under Part 3 of Schedule 1, and b the period within which an appeal may be made.

5 In this Part of this Act “ specified premises ”, in relation to an improvement notice, means premises specified in the notice, in accordance with subsection (2)(d), as premises in relation to which remedial action is to be taken in respect of the hazard.