29After section 114 of the 1974 Act there is inserted the following section—
“114AEffects of rehabilitation order.
(1)Where in the case of a rehabilitation order a local authority are freed by section 114(5) above from the duty to demolish or secure the demolition of houses included in a clearance area as being unfit for human habitation, the authority shall take such steps as are necessary—
(a)to restore the houses so as to provide one or more dwellings to the full standard of section 103A above;
(b)where they are not vested in the authority, to ensure that the houses are restored with that object.
(2)A local authority may accept undertakings for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above from the owner of the houses, or any other person who has or will have an interest in them or any of them, concerning works to be carried out to restore the houses as mentioned in that subsection, and the time within which the works are to be carried out”