PART VPayments in respect of Unfit Houses purchased or Demolished, etc.
67Payments in respect of partially well maintained houses or parts of buildings
(1)
A house which, apart from this section, would not fall to be treated as well maintained for the purposes of sections 30 and 60 of the Act of 1957 (payments in respect of condemned houses which have been well maintained) shall be so treated if either the exterior or the interior of the house has been well maintained and—
(a)
in the case of section 30, the representation mentioned therein was made after the commencement of this Act; and
(b)
in the case of section 60, the house is in an area which was declared a clearance area after the commencement of this Act or, where the section applies because of an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M1Land Compensation Act 1961, the order was made after the commencement of this Act.
(2)
Where a house comprises more than one dwelling or is occupied partly for the purposes of a dwelling or dwellings and partly for other purposes, then.—
(a)
for the purposes of the relevant provisions so far as they relate to the maintenance of the interior of a house; but
(b)
not for the purposes of those provisions so far as they relate to the maintenance if the exterior of a house;
the dwelling or each of the dwellings shall be deemed to be a house; and in this section " exterior ", in relation to such a house, includes any part of the house which is not included in the interior of a dwelling.
(3)
Where a closing order under section 18(1) of the Act of 1957 is made with respect to a part of a building which is used, or is suitable for use, as a dwelling and the interior of which is well maintained, section 30 of that Act and Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act shall apply in relation to that part as if it were a well maintained house and as if the closing order were a closing order under section 17 of that Act.
(4)
A payment under section 30 or section 60 of the Act of 1957 which is made by virtue of this section shall, instead of being the amount ascertained in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act, be one-half of the amount so ascertained.
(5)
In this section " the relevant provisions" means this section and, so far as applicable by virtue of this section, sections 30 and 60 of the Act of 1957 and Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act.