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Enforcement of reinstatement notice.
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6.—(1) If the requirements of a reinstatement notice have not been complied with in any respect, then, after the expiration of the period for compliance specified in the notice, or if an appeal has been made under section 72 of the Act of 1966 against the notice and upon the appeal the notice has been confirmed with or without variation, after the expiration of such period or such other period as the court may in determining the appeal allow, the following provisions shall apply:
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(2) Where a housing authority are about to enter a house for the purpose of doing any works under subsection (1), the authority shall give notice of their intention to do so to the owner of the house and, at their discretion, to any other person having an interest in the house whether as mortgagee, tenant or otherwise, and if at any time after the expiration of seven days from the service upon him of such notice and whilst any workman or contractor employed by the authority is carrying out works in the house any person upon whom the notice was served or any workman employed by him, or by any contractor employed by him, is in the house for the purpose of carrying out any works, the person upon whom the notice was served shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court before which he is charged that there was urgent necessity to carry out the last-mentioned works in order to obviate danger to any person.
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