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or Part II. of the 1890 Act needs confirmation, in future, by
Parliament. Where a complaint is made to the Board—
(a) as respects any rural district, by the council of the county
in which the district is situate, or by the parish council
or parish meeting of any parish comprised in the district,
or by any' four inhabitant householders of the district; or
(b) as respects any county district, not being a rural district,
by the council of the county in which the district is
situated, or by four inhabitant householders of the
district; or
(c) as respects the area of any other local authority, by four
inhabitant householders of the area;
that the local authorities have failed to exercise their powers under
Part II. or Part III. of the principal Act, in cases where those powers
ought to have been exercised, the Board may cause a public local
enquiry to beheld; and if, after holding such an enquiry, the Board
are satisfied that there has been such a failure on the part of the
local authority, the Board may declare the) authority to be in, default,
and may make an order within a time limited by the order to carry
out such works and do such other things as may be mentioned in
the order for the purpose of remedying the default.
The powers of a, Court of Summary Jurisdiction have now ceased
with reference to the closure and demolition of dwellings unfit for
human habitation; and the difficulties which have existed in some
districts will no longer be present, for the sanitary authority can
itself issue a Closing Order. An appeal against such an Order must
be made within 14 days, and not to a Court, but to the L.G.B. Houses
of a rental double that hitherto fixed (up to £40 in London) are in
future to be held as let under the implied condition that they are in a
state reasonably fit for habitation, not only at the time of first occupation,
but during the whole time they are occupied ; but houses let for
three or more years on repairing terms are excluded. The local