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of tenancies, terminable by notice of not more than four weeks.
Tenants or licensees living in the house are to have the same
rights during the local authority's occupation as they previously
had„ They are under a duty not to impede the local authority's
introduction of good management practice.
Any part of a house occupied by a person who has an interest
in the whole of the house may be excluded from a control order.
The local authority is to pay to the dispossessed proprietor
compensation at an annual rate equal to half the gross value of
the dwelling, to be paid by quarterly instalments.
After a control order has been made the local authority must
prepare a scheme fixing a limit on the number of persons or households
living in the house, detailing the works necessary to it
and giving an estimate of the cost of the capital works proposed.
The scheme must include an estimate of the "settled surplus",
which is produced by setting the Council's revenue from rents
against all non-capital outgoings. This surplus is to be set
off against the cost of the capital works specified in the scheme,
and the balance of the reasonable costs of the works outstanding
upon the termination of the order will remain a charge upon the
house. The right to possession of furniture included in any
letting or lodging in the house will vest in the local authority,
but it may renounce this right.
Anyone with an interest in a house in respect of which a
control order is trade may appeal to the County Court on the grounds
that the order is unnecessary or that it is defective "in law.
Appeals may also be made against the local authority's scheme on
the grounds that it is too elaborate or expensive, that the limit
on the number of individuals or households permitted to live in
the house is unreasonably low, or that the "settled surplus" is
too low. If any order is revoked, the Courts may allow the
local authority to recover from rents already collected or, as
a charge upon the house, the cost of work already carried out.
An order expires after five years if it is not revoked sooner.
Part V - Miscellaneous and General
Part V deals with aluminium houses and amendments to the
Clean Air Act. Clauses 92 to 9^ provide for compensation to be
paid for type "B2" aluminium houses owned by local authorities
and development corporations which are irreparably damaged by
corrosion, for their demolition, and for payment by the Minister
for the repair of type "BL8" aluminium houses.
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