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in the afternoon. In the case of a common staircase leading to not
more than two separate or self-contained flats or tenements in a twostorey
tenement building, the owner is not required to make provision
for artificial lighting.
When the Bill was under consideration by the Local Legislation
Committee of the House of Commons, the London County Council gave
an undertaking to the Committee that the initiative in securing uniform
arrangements would be taken by the Standing Joint Committee in
conjunction with the County Council.
A communication was received from the Metropolitan Boroughs
Standing Joint Committee suggesting the following procedure, which had
been recommended by the Association of Metropolitan Town Clerks:—
(а) That each Metropolitan Borough Council should prepare a
schedule of the common staircases of tenement buildings within
its area and cause a survey of the same to be made with a view
to ascertaining which of the staircases do not already contain
the adequate lighting by day and/or by night contemplated by
the section.
(b) That in any case in which it appears to the Borough Council as
the result of this survey that any staircase is not so lit and that
it is practicable so to light it either by day or by night or both
a letter be sent in the first place to the owner drawing his attention
to the section and asking him what steps he proposes to
take in order to make such provision by the 1st August, 1928.
(c) That in the event of his proposals being regarded as reasonably
sufficient they be accepted, and that if not, he be invited to
amend his proposals in such direction as the Borough Council
may think necessary or desirable.
(d) That if the owner still dissents he be afforded an opportunity of
placing his views personally before the appropriate Committee
of the Borough Council.
(e) That the Borough Council, by inspection through a Committee
or a sub-committee, should satisfy itself that the owner is in
default before taking proceedings.