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result, however, no alteration was made and the Provisional
Order was issued by the Secretary of State on May 25th,
1900.]
(vii) The Provisional Order does not become valid unless or
until it has been confirmed by Act of Parliament, which is
termed "the confirming Act." (Sec. 8 (6)).
[The Provisional Order in respect of the Garden Row Area was
confirmed by Parliament in July, 1900. Subsequently to the
confirmation of the scheme, the Home Secretary expressed a
hope that the County Council would arrange that provision
of re-housing accommodation should precede displacements
as far as possible, "which was in accordance with the
Council's usual practice."]
(viii) The Execution of the Scheme.—When the confirming
Act has been passed by Parliament, the Local Authority
(i.e., the London County Council) shall execute the scheme
(Sec. 12). The process of execution of the scheme
involves a number of steps required by the conditions of
the Housing of the Working Classes Act.
(a) Requests are served by the London County Council
for the delivery of claims on all owners of property
included in the scheme.
(b) The interests in each case have to be valued, and
negotiations entered into with the various claimants,
up to the point of agreement or refusal.
(c) The cases of agreement are settled between the London
County Council and the claimant, the cases of refusal
necessitate the appointment of an Arbitrator to settle
the amount of compensation to be paid. By Schedule
II (Art. 29) the Arbitrator cannot be appointed until
after sealed offers have been made by the County
Council in every case not settled by agreement.
Outstanding cases, therefore, necessitate delay in the
appointment of the Arbitrator.