Repairs Notice

(1) A repairs notice shall be served on an owner where the protracted failure by the owner to keep a designated building in reasonable care places the building at risk, such as where a building is neglected so that the need for permanent repair has accumulated to the point where the building is at risk of serious harm. (2) NICH may serve a repairs notice on an owner where– (a) it is shown that a designated building is in a serious state of disrepair and the owner is unwilling or unable to carry out the repairs himself; (b) the owner has not taken reasonable steps to preserve the building; (c) it is expedient that the building should be preserved; and (d) it is shown that the building will be better off in the ownership and care of the Government or in the guardianship of some other entity which the Government may entrust or issue a lease to for the purpose of securing its preservation.