Part 4: Higher-risk buildings Residents’ etc duties Section 96: Contravention Notices Effect
This section enables an Accountable Person for an occupied higher-risk building to serve a notice on a resident or owner of a residential unit in their part of the building, where it appears to them that the person in question has not complied with one or more of the residents’ duties under section 95. A notice under this section is a notice that specifies:
the alleged breach of a duty;
what the resident should do so that they are no longer in breach and a reasonable time for doing so;
anything the resident should not do to avoid further breaches of the duty; and
what may happen next if the resident fails to comply with the notice.
	Where the Accountable Person believes that a resident or owner has breached section 94(2)(b) (interfering with a relevant safety item) they may ask the resident to pay for the repair or replacement of that item if the repair or replacement is necessary. That sum must not exceed the reasonable costs of repair or replacement.
	Following service of a notice on the resident, the appropriate Accountable Person may apply to the county court to make an order. The court may make an order provided that it is satisfied that:
a contravention notice has been given;
the resident or owner of the residential unit has breached the duty alleged in that notice; and
it is necessary to make the order.
	An order made by the county court under this section may require a person:
to provide specified information, or do a specified thing, within a certain time;
not to do a specified thing; or
to pay a sum if that has been requested, that sum cannot exceed the sum in the original notice.
	The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about contravention notices under this section, including:
details about the form of a notice and the way it is to be given; and
further provision about the content of a notice.