Environmental Health residential intervention and enforcement policy

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Contents

Section 1 - 6

1. Introduction
2. Our approach
3. Principles of good enforcement
4. What we want to achieve
5. Enforcement options
6. Help and advice

Section 7 - 12

7. Tough and targeted enforcement
8. How we intervene
9. Initial interventions
10. Intervention by visit or inspection
11. Dealing with hazards
12. Informal action

Section 13 - 18

13. Powers of entry
14. Works in default
15. Cautions
16. Prosecution
17. Management Orders (Housing Act 2004)
18. Serving Enforcement Notices / Orders

Section 19 - 24

19. Intervention where there is harassment, illegal eviction and poor tenancy management
20. Licensing of properties
21. Fit and proper persons and satisfactory management arrangements
22. Rent repayment orders
23. Recovery of costs
24. Publicity

Section 25 - 30 

25. Shared enforcement responsibility
26. Vulnerable persons
27. Displaced occupiers
28. Owner occupied properties
29. Leaseholders
30. Social housing providers

Section 31 - 36

31. Service complaints or compliments
32. Confidentiality
33. Equalities
34. Policy review
35. Sharing information and data protection
36. Contact us

Appendix

Appendix 1 – Legislation summary

Fit and proper (Housing Act 2004)