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(9) Any remedy given by this section for non-compliance with
the undertaking implied by virtue of this section shall be in
addition to and not in derogation of any other remedy available to
the tenant against the landlord, either at common law or otherwise.
Amendment of Procedure for Closing Orders and
Demolition Orders.
Duty of local authority as to closing of dwelling-house
unfit for human habitation.
17.—(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority within
the meaning of Part II. of the principal Act to cause to be made
from time to time inspection of their district, with a view to
ascertain whether any dwelling-house therein is in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation, and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the local
authority, and of every officer of the local authority, to comply
with such regulations and to keep such records as may be
prescribed by the Board.
(2) If, on the representation of the medical officer of health,
or of any other officer of the authority, or other information
given, any dwelling-house appears to them to be in such a state,
it shall be their duty to make an order prohibiting the use of
the dwelling-house for human habitation (in this Act referred to
as a closing order) until in the judgment of the local authority
the dwelling-house is rendered fit for that purpose.
(3) Notice of a closing-order shall be forthwith served on
every owner of the dwelling-house in respect of which it is made,
and any owner aggrieved by the order may appeal to the Local
Government Board by giving notice of appeal to the Board within
fourteen days after the order is served upon him.
(4) Where a closing order has become operative, the local
authority shall serve notice of the order on every occupying
tenant of the dwelling-house in respect of which the order is
made, and, within such period as is specified in the notice, not
being less than fourteen days after the service of the notice,
the order shall be obeyed by him, and he and his family shall
cease to inhabit the dwelling-house, and in default he shall be liable