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Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Repairs increase and Certificates of Disrepair.
The above Act, which came into force on the 30th August, 1954,
imposed a duty on Local Authorities to issue Certificates of Disrepair
where the landlord claimed a repairs increase in rent and the tenant
felt that the house was not in good repair and was not reasonably fit
for occupation. A charge of one shilling was made for a certificate,
or for the revocation thereof.
The following table shows the particulars of applications received
during the year:—
Applications received 9
Certificates granted 7
Certificates refused 1
Applications withdrawn 1
Revocations 2
It will be seen from the above-mentioned figures, that only a
small number of applications for certificates was received, the total
being about half the number for the previous year.
Inspections
The total number of inspections made during the year was
12,594. At 674 of the houses and other premises visited, defects or
nuisances to the number of 2,236 were discovered, and at the end of
the year 1,629 including a number outstanding at the end of 1955
had been remedied or abated. The work in connection with 239 was
in hand and 1,850 were outstanding. In order to ascertain that the
sanitary defects were being properly remedied, 594 visits were paid
to the respective premises while the work was in progress.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each section
of work is recorded below, together with a summary of the sanitary
improvements carried out:—
Inspections under Housing Acts 35
Other Inspections including Inspections under Public Health
Act, 1936 3,538
Re-inspections 2,305
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 12
Inspections of Works in Progress 594
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