Section 15 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Application and notice of intended proceedings

Application and notice of intended proceedings 15 1 A local housing authority in England may apply for a banning order against a person who has been convicted of a banning order offence.

2 If a local housing authority in England applies for a banning order against a body corporate that has been convicted of a banning order offence, it must also apply for a banning order against any officer who has been convicted of the same offence in respect of the same conduct.

3 Before applying for a banning order under subsection (1), the authority must give the person a notice of intended proceedings—

a informing the person that the authority is proposing to apply for a banning order and explaining why, b stating the length of each proposed ban, and c inviting the person to make representations within a period specified in the notice of not less than 28 days (“ the notice period ”).

4 The authority must consider any representations made during the notice period.

5 The authority must wait until the notice period has ended before applying for a banning order.

6 A notice of intended proceedings may not be given after the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the person was convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.