PART XI RENTS AND SERVICE CHARGES

211 Service charges.

1

A local authority shall make a service charge for each year of such amount as they think reasonable in all the circumstances in respect of the following items to which the housing revenue account relates—

a

any garage, car-port or other car parking facilities provided by them in so far as not included within the terms of the tenancy of a house;

b

any service provided by them under the terms of the tenancy of a house;

c

any other item made available under section 3 or 5 or supplied under section 4 for which a charge was made in the financial year 1971-2 under section 139 to 141 of the Act of 1966 and which has continued to be made available or supplied after that year.

2

The Secretary of State may direct in relation to any service provided under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) either generally or in a particular case that no such service charge shall be made.

3

Before making any such direction the Secretary of State shall consult—

a

such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned;

b

any local authority with whom consultation appears to him to be desirable.