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" (1) The Council shall, if required by the Strand Board,
before in any manner interfering under the powers of this Act
with the existing mortuary, disinfecting chamber, dwellinghouse,
and premises (hereinafter called 'the existing premises')
of the Strand Board, numbered 97 on the deposited plans for
the parish of Saint Clement Danes, provide and convey to the
Strand Board, free of charge to the Strand Board, a suitable
site within their district, or within the district in which the
Coroner for the Strand district exercises jurisdiction, as may be
reasonably appi-oved by the Strand Board on which a new
mortuary, disinfecting chamber, dwelling-house, and premises
can be erected, occupied, and used for all such purposes as
the same are now used and occupied (hereinafter called ' the
reinstated premises '). Such site shall have a superficial area
not less than the existing premises, and shall be capable of
affording access from two streets if reasonably possible, or a
double access from one street:
" (2) The Council shall at their own expense clear the site
for possession by the Strand Board, and shall pay or recoup
the Strand Board all the expenses incurred by the Strand
Board—
" (A) In erecting and reinstating the reinstated premises
so as to contain the like accommodation, and to be of
like character and equally convenient to the existing
premises;
" (b) In removing from the existing to the reinstated
premises such appliances, apparatus, and conveniences as
are capable of being removed, and of providing and fitting
up on the reinstated premises such new appliances,
apparatus, and conveniences as are necessary to enable
the Strand Board to use the reinstated premises in the
same way as the existing premises :
" Such expenses shall be paid by the Council in such instalments
and at such times as may reasonably be required by
the Strand Board, who shall be entitled to require payments
in advance as may be reasonably required by the Strand
Board:
" (3) The Council shall not take or in any way interfere
with the existing premises, or make the same or any part
thereof less fit for the purposes for which they are used till
the reinstated premises are in all respects completed and
ready for use to the satisfaction of the Strand Board, but such
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