Section 232 — Housing Act 2004: Register of licences and management orders

Register of licences and management orders 232 1 Every local housing authority must establish and maintain a register of—

a all licences granted by them under Part 2 or 3 which are in force;

b all temporary exemption notices served by them under section 62 or section 86 which are in force;

and c all management orders made by them under Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 4 which are in force.

2 The register may, subject to any requirements that may be prescribed, be in such form as the authority consider appropriate.

3 Each entry in the register is to contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

4 The authority must ensure that the contents of the register are available at the authority’s head office for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times.

5 If requested by a person to do so and subject to payment of such reasonable fee (if any) as the authority may determine, a local housing authority must supply the person with a copy (certified to be true) of the register or of an extract from it.

6 A copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the matters mentioned in it.

7 In this section “ prescribed ” means prescribed by regulations made by the appropriate national authority.