UK Statutory Instrument 1985 United Kingdom

The Secure Tenancies (Right to Repair Scheme) Regulations 1985

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9 compliance obligations

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Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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sch. para. 13

Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's claim for payment

  • Respond to tenant’s claim for payment within 21 days
sch. para. 14

Refusal of tenant's claim for payment

  • Refuse tenant's claim for payment only on valid grounds and provide required details
sch. para. 18

Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's further claim for payment

  • Respond to tenant's further claim for payment within 21 days
sch. para. 19

Landlord's refusal of tenant's further claim for payment

  • Refuse tenant's further claim for payment when specific grounds apply
sch. para. 22

Landlord's acceptance of tenant's claim for payment or further claim for payment

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Landlord must accept and pay tenant's repair claim under right to repair scheme Local authority
sch. para. 24

sch. para. 24

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify tenant in writing within 7 days of any variation affecting costs Local authority
sch. para. 4

Landlord's notice in reply to tenant's repair claim

  • Respond to tenant's repair claim within 21 days
sch. para. 5

Grounds for refusal

  • Refuse tenant's repair claim if mandatory grounds apply
sch. para. 7

sch. para. 7

  • Accept and process tenant repair claims when no valid refusal grounds exist
Browse 52 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
sch. para. 10

Landlord's response to tenant's default notice

sch. para. 11

Carrying out of the works by the tenant

sch. para. 15

Landlord's notice of refusal of tenant's claim for payment

sch. para. 16

Further repair works

sch. para. 17

Tenant's further claim for payment

sch. para. 21

Landlord's notice of refusal of tenant's further claim for payment

sch. para. 23

Payment by the landlord

sch. para. 3

Tenant's notice claiming the right to repair

sch. para. 6

Landlord's notice refusing tenant's repair claim

sch. para. 8

Landlord's notice accepting tenant's repair claim

s.001

These regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Right...

s.002

The scheme for entitling secure tenants to carry out repairs...

s.para.10

The landlord reasonably requires access to the dwelling-house in order...

s.para.11

The repair works have not been properly carried out or...

s.para.12

The tenant was not entitled to carry out the repair...

s.para.13

The authorised materials have not been used.

s.para.14

The landlord reasonably requires access to the dwelling-house in order...

s.para.15

A condition of acceptance of the tenant's repair claim was...

s.para.16

The tenant's claim for payment was not served on the...

s.para.3

The landlord's costs would be less than £20.

s.para.4

The works specified in the tenant's repair claim do not...

s.para.5

The works specified in the tenant's repair claim, if carried...

s.para.6

The landlord's costs would be more than £200.

s.para.7

The landlord intends to carry out the landlord's works within...

s.para.8

The works specified in the tenant's repair claim are not,...

s.para.9

Carrying out the works specified in the tenant's repair claim...

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