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Clause 14 provides for the service of a preliminary notice
by a local authority specifying its proposals for the improvement
of a tenanted dwelling in the improvement area, with an estimate
of the. cost, upon the person have control of it, the tenant and
all other interested persons. The notice may specify works to
the full standard or to a reduced standard.
The full standard means that the house is provided with
the following amenities for the exclusive use of the occupants:-
(a) A fixed bath or shower which, if it is not reasonably
practicable for it to be provided in a bathroom, may be
in a part of the dwelling which is not a bathroom or
bedroom.
(b) A wash-hand basin.
(c) A hot and cold water supply at a fixed bath or shower which,
if reasonably practicable, is to be in a bathroom.
(d) A hot and cold water supply at a wash-hand basin.
(e) A hot and cold water supply at a sink.
(f) A water closet.
(g) Satisfactory facilities for storing food.
The reduced standard refers to the provision in a dwelling,
which is without them, of the following amenities:-
(a) A hot water supply at a sink.
(b) A water closet.
(c) Satisfactory facilities for storing food.
Every person upon whom a preliminary notice is served is
entitled to be heard when the proposals are discussed.
Clauses 15, 16 and 17 provide that after its proposals have
been discussed, and within two years (or such other periods as may
be prescribed) of the declaration of an improvement area the loca'l
authority is empowered to serve an improvement notice specifying
the works required to improve a dwelling to the full or the reduced
standard, and this notice will be registered in the local land
charges register. If the tenant has consented to the improvement
of the dwelling to the standard provided in the preliminary notice,
this notice will be an "immediate improvement notice" and will
require the person having control of the dwelling to carry out the
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