Part 10: Letting by Local Authorities of Vacant High-street premises Procedure preliminary to letting Section 200: Restriction on works while final notice in force Effect
Subsection (1) requires the landlord to obtain the written consent of the local authority to any works it wishes to carry out to the premises, including the alteration or removal of fixtures and fittings (see subsection (2)), after the final notice has been served.
	Subsection (3) provides that the landlord can carry out works to the premises under certain circumstances without the local authority's consent.
	Subsection (4) requires a local authority to respond to a landlord's request for consent to works within a reasonable time after it is sought. It also sets out the grounds upon which the local authority can refuse consent to works.
	An offence is committed if a person without reasonable excuse fails to obtain the local authority's consent to carry out works after the final letting notice has been served. A person who commits such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (£2,500).