| Description |
1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Focus on Environmental Health Ser |
|
Routledge Focus on Environmental Health Ser
|
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Series Preface -- 1 Introduction -- What Is an HMO? -- A Note on Resources and References -- 2 HMOs Under the Housing Act 2004 -- The s.254 Tests -- Interpreting the s.254 Tests -- s.257 Test -- Exemptions -- Summary Position for s254 -- Potential for Change -- Disputes -- Some Examples -- 3 Licensing of Properties -- Storeys -- Mandatory HMO Licensing -- Additional HMO Licensing -- Selective Licensing |
|
Setting Up an Additional HMO or Selective Licensing Scheme -- Nature of Consultations -- Applicability of Licensing and the Duty to Licence -- The Application Form and the Application Fee -- Understanding Standards and the Licence Grant Process -- Licence Conditions -- The Grant and Refusal Process -- Liability for HMOs and Licensable Property and the Alternatives -- Companies -- Temporary Exemption Notices -- Revoking Licences and Termination -- Varying Licences -- Register of Licences -- Codes of Practice -- 4 Taking Over and Managing Properties -- Interim and Final Orders |
|
5 Enforcement of the Law -- Prosecutions -- The Decision to Prosecute -- Time Limits -- Defences -- Mitigation -- Fines -- Civil Penalties -- Other Penalties -- Proceeds of Crime -- 6 HMO Management -- Application -- Requirements -- Licence Conditions -- Specific Obligations -- Active Management -- Risk Assessment -- Records -- 7 The Tribunals -- Procedural Rules -- 8 Conclusion -- Index |
| Summary |
The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the law relating to houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) that local authorities and environmental health practitioners use to regulate this sector |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Smith, David
|
| ISBN |
9781000817478 |
|
1000817474 |
|
