Part 10: Letting by Local Authorities of Vacant High-street premises Procedure preliminary to letting Section 195: Initial notice Effect
Subsection (1) sets out the requirements which must be met before a local authority may serve an initial letting notice on the landlord. The landlord is the person entitled to possession of the premises and who can grant a tenancy of the premises of one year or more (see section 218(6)).
	Subsection (2) provides that an initial letting notice will be in force for 10 weeks. A final letting notice must be served whilst the initial letting notice is in force – see section 198(1)(a). This subsection therefore sets a time limit for the local authority to serve the final letting notice.
	A local authority may withdraw an initial letting notice at any time – see section 214(6).