Introductory Text
PART I General Provisions as respects Local Authorities
1.Local authorities for purposes of this Act
2.Approval by Minister of proposals for exercise of local authorities' functions under Parts II and III
3.Duty of local authority to inspect district and keep records
PART II Provisions for securing the repair, maintenance and sanitary condition of houses
Definition of Standard of Fitness
4.Matters to be taken into account in determining whether a house is unfit
5.Prohibition of back-to-back houses
Obligation of Lessors of Small Houses
6.Conditions to be implied on the letting of small houses
7.Application of foregoing section to houses occupied by agricultural workers otherwise than as tenants
8.Information to be given to tenants of working-class houses
Unfit premises capable of repair at reasonable cost
9.Power of local authority to require repair of unfit house
10.Enforcement of notice requiring execution of works
11.Right of appeal
12.Power of local authority to buy house found on appeal not to be capable of repair at reasonable cost
13.Recovery by lessees of proportion of cost of execution of works
14.Charging orders in favour of owner executing works
15.Form, effect, etc. of charging orders
Unfit premises beyond repair at reasonable cost
16.Power of local authority to accept undertaking as to reconstruction or use of unfit house
17.Duty of local authority to make demolition or closing order or to purchase house where no undertaking is accepted
18.Power to make a closing order as to part of a building
19.Service of notice of demolition or closing order or intention to purchase
20.Right of appeal against demolition order, etc.
21.Content of demolition order
22.Demolition orders: recovery of possession of building to be demolished
23.Demolition orders: enforcement
24.Demolition orders: power to permit reconstruction of condemned house
25.Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition
26.Demolition orders: substitution of closing order in case of house included in building preservation order, etc.
27.Closing orders: general provisions
28.Closing orders: substitution of demolition order
29.Provisions as to purchase of condemned houses
30.Payments in respect of condemned houses which have been well maintained
31.Temporary provisions for payments to owner-occupiers and others
32.Payments to persons displaced
Protection of owners
33.Provisions for protection of owners of houses
Transitory provisions as respects existing demolition orders
34.Temporary occupation of houses subject to existing demolition orders
35.Retention of houses subject to existing demolition orders and required to support other buildings
Houses let in lodgings
36.Power to require execution of works or reduction of number of occupants of house
Supplemental
37.Date of operation of notices, demands and orders subject to appeal
38.Provisions as to appeals under Part II
39.Interpretation of Part II
40.Saving for certain restrictions in Part III
41.Local authority for Part II in London
PART III Clearance and Re-development
Clearance Areas
42.Power to declare an area to be a clearance area
43.Method of dealing with clearance area
44.Clearance orders: general provisions
45.Clearance orders: recovery of possession of buildings to be demolished
46.Clearance orders: temporary retention of houses let to local authorities
47.Treatment of land acquired by local authority
48.Temporary retention of unfit houses acquired by local authority
49.Provisions with respect to property originally belonging to a local authority
50.Arrangements where acquisition of land in a clearance area found to be unnecessary
51.Power of local authority to purchase cleared land which owners have failed to re-develop
52.Local authority for clearance areas in London
Transitory provisions as respects houses in clearance areas
53.Temporary occupation of houses subject to existing clearance orders
54.Power to purchase buildings subject to existing clearance orders
Re-development Areas
55.Duty of local authority to secure re-development
56.Re-development plan
57.Purchase of land for purposes of re-development
58.Local authority for re-development areas in London
General provisions as to land affected by provisions of Part III
59.Compensation for land purchased compulsorily
60.Payments in respect of well maintained houses
61.Temporary provisions for payments to owner-occupiers and others
62.Power of entry on land to be purchased by agreement under Part III or appropriated for the purposes of clearance areas
63.Power of local authority to make allowances to persons displaced
64.Extinguishment of rights of way, easements, etc.
65.Provisions as to apparatus of statutory undertakers
66.Power to construct streets in clearance areas in London
Costs of opposing orders, etc.
67.Provisions as to costs of persons opposing orders and as to costs of Minister
Re-development and re-conditioning by owners
68.Re-development by owners
69.Certificates as to condition of houses
70.Re-development, &c, by owners: excepted cases
71.Local authority for re-development, etc., by owners in London
Demolition of obstructive buildings
72.Power of local authority to order demolition of obstructive building
73.Recovery of possession of building subject to demolition order under Part III
74.Effect of order for demolition of obstructive building
75.Local authority for demolition of obstructive buildings in London
PART IV Abatement of Overcrowding
General provisions
76.Duty of local authority to inspect and to make reports and proposals as to overcrowding
77.Definition of overcrowding
78.Offences in relation to overcrowding
79.Power of Minister to increase the permitted number temporarily to meet exceptional conditions
80.Power of local authority to authorise the temporary use of a house by persons in excess of the permitted number
81.Entries in rent books, information and certificates with respect to the permitted number
82.Information as to rights and duties as respects overcrowding
83.Duty of landlord to inform local authority of overcrowding
84.Right of landlord to obtain possession of overcrowded house
85.Enforcement of Part IV
86.Duty of medical officers to furnish particulars of overcrowding
87.Definitions for purposes of Part IV
88.Local authority for overcrowding in London
89.Contributions by London County Council to expenses in relation to overcrowding
Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings
90.Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings
PART V Provision of housing accommodation
General powers and duties of local authorities
91.Periodical review of housing conditions by local authorities
92.Mode of provision of accommodation
93.Supplementary powers of providing buildings or land in connection with provision of accommodation
94.Power to provide furniture
95.Power to provide board and laundry facilities
96.Power of local authority to acquire land for provision of accommodation
97.Procedure for acquiring land
98.Continuance of tenancies of houses compulsorily acquired and to be used for housing purposes
99.Appropriation of land for provision of accommodation
100.Power to make allowances to persons displaced by purchase under Part V
101.Power of entry on land to be purchased by agreement or appropriated for the purposes of Part V
102.Land in New Forest
103.Power to acquire water rights for houses provided
104.Power of disposing of houses provided under Part V
105.Other powers of dealing with land acquired or appropriated for provision of accommodation
106.Power of Minister to impose conditions on sale of houses and land
107.Powers relating to development of land
108.Execution of works in connection with housing operation by local authority outside their own area
109.Responsibility for roads constructed by local authority outside their own area
110.Adjustment of differences between local authorities as to carrying out proposals
Management, &c, of local authority's houses
111.General responsibility for local authority's houses
112.Byelaws for regulation of local authority's houses
113.Conditions to be observed in management of local authority's houses
114.Reservation of houses for agricultural population
115.Power to establish Housing Management Commissions
Special provisions for rural districts
116.Responsibility of county councils in respect of housing conditions in rural districts
117.Agreements by county council for assisting rural district councils in provision of accommodation
118.Minister's power to assist rural district councils by acquiring land and erecting houses
Housing associations
119.Power of local authorities and county councils to promote and assist housing associations
120.Arrangements with housing associations for provision of housing
121.Arrangements with housing associations for improvement of housing
122.Power of local authorities to sell furniture to persons housed by housing associations
123.Unification of conditions affecting housing associations' houses
124.Power of Minister to recognise central housing association
Development corporations
125.Provision of housing accommodation by development corporations
Miscellaneous
126.Power of county councils to provide houses for their employees
127.Power of companies, &c, to provide houses for working classes
128.Trusts for provision of houses for working classes
129.Power of corporate bodies to sell or let land for housing purposes
130.Power of water and gas companies to supply on favourable terms
131.Exercise of Public Health Act powers for purposes of Part V
Provisions as to London
132.Local authority for Part V in London other than City
133.Exercise by local authorities in London of certain powers for the purposes of Part V
Scilly Isles
134.Provision of housing accommodation in Isles of Scilly
PART VI Financial Provisions
Expenses of local authorities
135.Expenses of rural district councils and county councils
Borrowing
136.Power of local authorities to borrow for purposes of Act
137.Borrowing in connection with operations carried out by local authority outside its own area
138.Power to issue local housing bonds
139.Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners to local authorities
140.Power of local authorities to lend to other authorities
Subscription to local savings committees
141.Subscriptions by local authorities to local savings committees
Capital moneys
142.Application of purchase money, etc.
PART VII General
Central Housing Advisory Committee
143.Central Housing Advisory Committee
Re-housing
144.Re-housing obligations of undertakers
Provisions as to building byelaws, &c
145.Building byelaws not to apply to certain buildings
146.Relaxation of Building Acts or byelaws in London
147.Power of Minister to prescribe a code of byelaws for new streets
148.Power of Minister to revoke unreasonable byelaws
Provisions as to acquisition, &c. of Land
149.Protection of amenities of locality, &c
150.Provisions as to commons and open spaces
151.Power of local authorities to enforce covenants against owner for the time being of land
152.Compensation in certain cases of subsidence
153.Donations for housing purposes
Procedure of local authorities: Official representations
154.Joint action by local authorities
155.Buildings situated in districts of more than one local authority
156.References by local authority to Public Health and Housing Committee
157.Official representations
Recovery of possession, entry, &c
158.Recovery of possession of controlled houses
159.Power of entry for inspection, &c
160.Penalty for obstructing execution of Act
161.Penalty for preventing execution of repairs, &c
Powers of the court for housing purposes
162.Power of court to determine lease where premises demolished
163.Power of court to authorise owner to execute works on default of another owner
164.Power of court to authorise examination of works on unfit premises or for improvement
165.Power of court to authorise conversion of houses into several tenements
Notices, orders, &c
166.Authentication of orders, notices, &c
167.Authentication of certificates
168.Service of notices, &c., on local authorities
169.Service of notices, &c, on persons other than local authorities
170.Power of local authority to require information as to ownership of premises
Default of local authorities
171.Powers of county council and Minister in the event of default of rural district council
172.Powers of Minister in event of default by county council in the exercise of transferred powers
173.Power of Minister in the event of default of local authority other than rural district council
174.Provisions as to orders directing county council to perform obligations of urban district council
175.Provisions as to exercise by Minister of powers of a local authority
176.Power to vary and revoke certain orders relating to defaults
177.Power of London County Council in the event of default of metropolitan borough council
General Powers of Minister
178.Power of Minister to prescribe forms, etc.
179.Dispensation with advertisements and notices
180.Provisions as to orders made by Minister
181.Local inquiries and reports
182.Arrangements between the Minister and other Departments
Miscellaneous provisions as to London
183.Relations between local authorities in London
184.Agreements between the London County Council and other authorities in London
185.Agreements between the London County Council and neighbouring authorities as to provision of houses
186.Provisions as to medical officers of health in London
187.Provisions as to City of London
PART VIII Supplemental
188.Powers of Act to be cumulative
189.Interpretation
190.Consequential amendments
191.Repeal and savings
192.Construction of references to this Act and to enactments repealed
193.Short title, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part II
1.(1) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, shall...
2.(1) A notice relating to a compulsory purchase of land...
3.Where a local authority are authorised under Part II of...
SECOND SCHEDULE
Payments in respect of Unfit Houses
PART I Ascertainment of Amount Payable for Well-maintained Houses
1.The payment in respect of a house under section thirty...
2.(1) The payment shall be of an amount equal either—...
3.(1) In the foregoing provisions of this Schedule "the appropriate...
PART II Payments to Owner-Occupiers and others in respect of Unfit Houses Purchased or Demolished
Private dwellings
4.(1) This paragraph shall have effect where at any time...
5.(1) Where a payment falls to be made under .the...
Business premises
6.(1) This paragraph shall have effect where on or after...
Interpretation
7.(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule,...
THIRD SCHEDULE
Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part III
PART I Procedure for Authorising Compulsory Purchases
General
1.(1) A compulsory purchase order under Part III of this...
2.(1) Before submitting the order to the Minister the local...
Procedure for orders for the compulsory purchase of land within, surrounded by or adjoining a clearance area
3.(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect with...
4.(1) An order as confirmed by the Minister under the...
Procedure for orders for compulsory purchase of land for purposes of re-development
5.(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect with...
6.An order as confirmed by the Minister under the last...
PART II Incorporation of Enactments
7.(1) A compulsory purchase order under Part III of this...
8.(1) The modifications subject to which the Lands Clauses Acts...
9.Where a local authority have been authorised by an order...
10.Where a local authority are authorised to purchase compulsorily any...
PART III Rules as to the Assessment of Compensation where Land Purchased otherwise than at Site Value
1.If the tribunal by whom the compensation is to be...
2.If the tribunal are satisfied that any premises are in...
3.The local authority may tender evidence as to the matters...
4.The tribunal shall have regard to and make an allowance...
5.In assessing compensation for premises purchased under section fifty-seven of...
6.The tribunal shall embody in their award a statement showing...
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders under Part III
1.So soon as may be after a compulsory purchase order...
2.If any person aggrieved by such an order as aforesaid,...
3.Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, the...
4.Except by leave of the Court of Appeal, no appeal...
5.So soon as may be after a compulsory purchase order...
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Clearance Orders
1.A clearance order shall be in the prescribed form and...
2.There shall be excluded from the order any houses or...
3.(1) Before submitting the order to the Minister the local...
4.So soon as may be after the required notices have...
5.(1) If no objection is duly made by any of...
6.(1) An order as confirmed under this Schedule shall not...
SIXTH SCHEDULE
Number of Persons permitted to use a House for Sleeping
ANNEX
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part V
1.(1) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, shall...
2.(1) In the case of a compulsory purchase under Part...
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
Local Housing Bonds
1.Local bonds shall— (a) be secured upon all the rates,...
2.Local bonds shall be exempt from stamp duty under the...
3.The provisions of section one hundred and fifteen of the...
4.A local authority shall, in the case of any person...
5.Local bonds issued by a local authority shall be accepted...
6.The Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, by...
7.For the purposes of this Schedule the expression " local...
NINTH SCHEDULE
Rehousing by Undertakers
1.If in the administrative county of London or in any...
2.The housing scheme shall make provision for the accommodation of...
3.(1) Provision may be made by the housing scheme for...
4.The housing scheme shall provide that any land acquired under...
5.If the Minister does not hold a local inquiry with...
6.The Minister may, as a condition of his approval of...
7.Before approving any scheme the Minister may, if he thinks...
8.If the undertakers enter on any dwellings in contravention of...
9.If the undertakers fail to carry out any provision of...
10.The Minister may, on the application of the undertakers, modify...
11.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) the expression "...
TENTH SCHEDULE
Adaptation of References to Enactments in Housing Acts
The Local Government Act, 1933
(23 & 24 Geo. 5 c. 51)
1.In paragraph (c) of section two hundred and seventeen the...
2.In the Seventh Schedule for the reference to the Housing...
3.In the Eighth Schedule the references to the Housing Acts,...
The County Courts Act, 1934
(24 & 25 Geo. 5 c. 53)
The London Government Act, 1939
(2 & 3 Geo. 6 c. 40)
1.In subsection (1) of section one hundred and thirty-four, in...
2.In the Fifth Schedule for the reference to the Housing...
The Town and Country Planning Act, 1944
(7 & 8 Geo. 6 c. 47)
1.In subsection (2) of section thirty the reference to section...
2.(1) In paragraph 9 of the Fifth Schedule the reference...
The Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
(2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 53)
The Requisitioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act, 1955
(3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 24)
The Rent Act, 1957
(5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c. 25)
ELEVENTH SCHEDULE
Repeals