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Housing Act 1957

Housing Act 1957 s 11

s 11 Right of appeal

(1) Any person aggrieved by— (a) a notice under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works, (b) a demand for the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority in executing works specified in any such notice, (c) an order made by a local authority with respect to any such expenses, may, within twenty-one days of the service of the notice, demand or order, appeal to the county court within the jurisdiction of which the premises to which the notice, demand or order relates are situate, and no proceedings shall be taken by the local authority to enforce any notice, demand or order in relation to which an appeal is brought before the appeal has been finally determined. (2) On an appeal under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of the foregoing subsection no question shall be raised which might have been raised on an appeal against the original notice requiring the execution of works. (3) On an appeal to the county court under this section the judge may make such order either confirming or quashing or varying the notice, demand or order as he thinks fit and where the judge allows an appeal against a notice requiring the execution of works to a house, he shall, if requested by the local authority so to do, include in his judgment a finding whether the house can or cannot be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense.

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