117Rights and liabilities of occupiers

### 117 Rights and liabilities of occupiers > > (1)  Where by notice under this Act a person, as an occupier of land, has been required to carry out any work or do any other thing and he is not entitled under the conditions of his occupancy to carry out that work or do that other thing, he shall nevertheless be deemed to be entitled – > > > > > > (a) to do anything necessary to comply with the requirements of the notice; and > > > > > > > (b) to recover from the owner any expenses reasonably incurred by him in complying with any of those requirements and any sums recovered from him by the corporation arising from a failure to comply with any of those requirements. > > > (2)  Where under this section an occupier of land is entitled to recover any sums from the owner of the land, he may deduct those sums from any rent payable by him in respect of the land.