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and, having served notice of the Scheme in manner provided by the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919,
did on the 29th August, 1921, petition the Minister of Health (hereinafter referred to as "the
Minister ") for an Order sanctioning the Scheme;
And whereas the Minister has caused a Local Inquiry to be held and is satisfied that the
carrying into effect of the Scheme, subject to certain conditions and modifications, would be
beneficial to the health of the inhabitants of the buildings comprised in the area described in the
Scheme and of the neighbouring dwelling-houses :
Now Therefore, the Minister, in the exercise of his powers under the Housing Acts, 1890
to 1924, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. The Minister sanctions the Scheme as modified and set out in the Schedule hereto.
2. The Minister approves of the Council themselves undertaking the execution of the Scheme.
3. The provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts, as modified by the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1924,
in relation to schemes under Parts I and II of the Act of 1890, and by the Acquisition of
Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, shall be incorporated with this Order.
4. For the purpose of determining the amount of any reduction of compensation to be made
under the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919, any plans
showing the proposed re-housing of persons of the working classes or the laying out of
open spaces prepared by the Council and approved by the Minister before the date at
which the compensation is determined shall be deemed to be incorporated in and form
part of the Scheme.
5. The Council may, subject to the provisions of Section 46 (2) of the Act of 1890, borrow
for the purpose of defraying any expenses incurred by them in connection with the
Scheme, so far as such expenses are expenses properly chargeable to capital.
6. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to constitute an approval of the Scheme by the
Minister for the purpose of the Local Authorities (Assisted Housing Schemes)
Regulations, 1919, or of any Regulations amending or extending those Regulations.
7. This Order may be cited as " The Saint Pancras (Somers Town Improvement Scheme)
Order, 1925," and shall come into operation on the date hereof.
SCHEDULE.
Scheme made by the Metropolitan Borough Council of Saint Pancras under Part II of the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, for the improvement of the Somers Toivn area as
modified and sanctioned by the Minister of Health.
1. The lands coloured pink and blue on the Map, which lands are situate in the Metropolitan
Borough of Saint Pancras, shall constitute the area to which this Scheme applies (hereinafter
called " the area ").
2. The lands coloured pink are included in the area on account of the sanitary condition of
the premises thereon or of those premises being dangerous or injurious to health, and the lands
coloured blue are so included for the purpose only of making the Scheme efficient.
3. The lands constituting the area, or any of them, may for the purposes of this Scheme be
taken either by agreement or compulsorily.
4. After obtaining possession of the lands included in the area, the Council shall, except so
far as the Minister may otherwise direct, demolish all the buildings in the area:
Provided that they shall not demolish any occupied house in the area until accommodation
for a number of persons equivalent to the number of working class occupants of such house is
available in new dwellings to be erected by the Council in pursuance of this Scheme, unless the
Council are satisfied that suitable alternative accommodation for such occupants is available
elsewhere.
5. The lands in the area shall, subject to the provision of any necessary streets and
approaches, be used for the purposes of re-housing.
6. The Council shall provide on the cleared area, and in accordance with plans to be approved
by the Minister, dwellings suitable for the accommodation of 309 persons of the working classes.
7. All lands upon which dwellings shall be erected in pursuance of the last preceding clause
shall, for a period of 25 years from the date of the Order of the Minister sanctioning this Scheme,