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Omit section 86 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53) (power to improve existing enforcement procedures in relation to unfitness for human habitation etc.).
Omit sections 283 to 288 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (demolition of obstructive buildings).
(1) In the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)—
(a) omit section 35(1)(c)(i) (protection against fire in certain old buildings let in flats or tenements);
(b) in section 36(1) (projecting shops in which persons are employed or sleep) omit “or sleep”; and
(c) in section 37(1) (means of access to roofs), in paragraph (b) for the words from “except” onwards substitute “except to the extent that it is occupied for residential purposes;”.
(2) In the County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x) omit section 48 (means of escape from fire) and section 49(1) and (2) (maintenance of means of escape from fire).
(3) In the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) omit section 72(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings let in flats or tenements).
(4) In the Leicestershire Act 1985 (c. xvii) omit section 54(6)(a) (means of escape from fire in case of certain buildings used as flats or tenements).
The following table shows where expressions used in this Part are defined or otherwise explained.
| Expression | Provision of this Act |
|---|---|
| Appropriate national authority | Section 261(1) |
| Building containing one or more flats | Section 1(5) |
| Category 1 hazard | Section 2(1) |
| Category 2 hazard | Section 2(1) |
| Common parts | Section 1(5) |
| Compliance with improvement notice | Section 30(2) |
| District of local housing authority | Section 261(6) |
| Dwelling | Section 1(5), (6) |
| External common parts | Section 1(5) |
| Flat | Section 1(5) to (7) |
| Hazard | Section 2(1) |
| Hazard awareness notice | Section 28(2) or 29(2) |
| Health | Section 2(5) |
| HMO | Section 1(5), (6) (and see also section 1(8)) |
| Improvement notice | Section 11(2) or 12(2) |
| Lease, lessee etc. | Section 262(1) to (4) |
| Local housing authority | Section 261(2) to (5) |
| Occupier (and related expressions) | Section 262(6) |
| Owner | Section 262(7) |
| Person having control | Section 263(1) and (2) |
| Person managing | Section 263(3) and (4) |
| Prohibition order | Section 20(2) or 21(2) |
| Remedial action | Section 11(8) |
| Residential premises | Section 1(4) |
| Residential property tribunal | Section 229 |
| Specified premises, in relation to an improvement notice | Section 13(5) |
| Specified premises, in relation to a prohibition order | Section 22(10) |
| Tenancy, tenant | Section 262(1) to (5) |
| Unoccupied HMO accommodation | Section 1(5) (and see also section 1(8)). |
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