Section 2A — Housing Act 2004: Power to set standards for qualifying residential premises

Power to set standards for qualifying residential premises 2A 1 The Secretary of State may by regulations specify requirements to be met by qualifying residential premises.

2 The matters which may be covered by the requirements include (but are not limited to) the following matters—

a the state of repair of the premises, b things to be provided for use by, or for the safety, security or comfort of, persons occupying the premises, and c the means of keeping the premises at a suitable temperature.

3 The requirements are to consist of one or both of the following—

a requirements which the Secretary of State considers appropriate to be subject to enforcement under section 5 (duty of local housing authorities to take enforcement action), referred to in this Part as “ type 1 requirements ”, and b requirements which the Secretary of State considers appropriate to be subject to enforcement under section 7 (power of local housing authorities to take enforcement action), referred to in this Part as “ type 2 requirements ”.

4 The regulations may contain exceptions from the requirements.