71 Creation of a charge over an interest in land

71  Creation of a charge over an interest in land

(1)     Where a person—

(a)     fails to pay to a local authority an amount that is recoverable by the authority under this Part, and

(b)     has a legal or beneficial interest in land in Wales or England,

the local authority may create a charge in its favour over the person's interest in the land to secure payment of that amount.

(2)     Where the person has interests in more than one parcel of land, the local authority may create the charge over whichever one of those interests it chooses.

(3)     The charge

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