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control was to be continued for five years ; if occupied by a decontrolled
tenant or if unoccupied, they were to remain decontrolled, subject to
registration being effected with the local authority not later than
18th October. There was a proviso in the case of the last mentioned
class of house, that registration after that date could be effected on
application to the County Courts, which were empowered to grant
certificates authorising registration on being satisfied that non registration
was due to some reasonable cause. The County Courts were also
empowered to order the registration to be cancelled in any case where it
was proved that the property was not in fact entitled to be treated as
decontrolled.
The number of registrations effected by the 18th October was 7,532.
Late registrations on certificates of the County Court to date (June,
1931) number 128. Certificates of registration or non-registration, which
local authorities were required to grant on payment of a fee of 1s., have
been issued in 191 cases, 181 being in respect of registered houses and
10 non-registered. There have been no cancellations of registration by
the County Court.
Nuisances.—Intimation notices were served in 1,223 instances, the
number of premises concerned being 1,142. Statutory notices authorised
by the sanitary authority numbered 50 and related to 18 premises. Police
court proceedings as detailed below were taken in 7 instances in order to
enforce compliance with the requirements of statutory notices: —
Details of Nuisance, etc. Result of Proceedings.
(1) Business premises without water supply ... Abatement order, 4s. costs.
(2) Defective and dirty conditions in a tene- Abatement order 3s. eosts.
ment house
(3) Failure to comply with abatement order Fine £3, and 21s. costs.
in (2)
(4) Defective W.C. in above-mentioned ... Summons withdrawn at magistrate's
tenement house suggestion, the defendant having
disposed of the premises.
(5) Business premises without water supply Abatement order.
(0) Dirty and defective conditions in a tene- Abatement order, 21s. costs.
ment house
(7) Dwelling-house without a water supply ... Abatement order, 6s. costs.