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Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
This Act came into force on 30th August, 1954, and applications
from tenants for Certificates of Disrepair and from landlords for
Certificates of Revocation have been received and dealt with.
The following is a summary of the position on the 5th July, 1957:—
Number of applications for Certificates of Disrepair 81
Number of applications withdrawn 3
Number of Certificates not recommended 1
Number of Certificates of Disrepair issued 77
Number of applications for Certificates of Revocation 49
Number of Certificates of Revocation issued 47
Rent Act, 1957.
This Act came into force on the 6th July, 1957, and in certain
respects modified the powers and duties of Local Authorities under
the Rent Acts and other enactments. Those Sections of the Housing
Repairs and Rents Act 1954 relating to Certificates of Disrepair were
repealed by the new Act which provided for an entirely new procedure
in connection with applications by tenants for Certificates of Disrepair.
This necessitated a complete revision of inspection and recording procedure,
and the technical and clerical staff are to be commended upon
the manner in which this somewhat complicated additional work was
absorbed.
The following is a summary of the position on the 31st December,
1957:—
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair (Form I) ... 89
Applications withdrawn by applicants 6
Forms J sent to landlords 45
Undertakings given by landlords (Form K) 16
Certificates of Disrepair issued (Form L) 10
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair
(Form M) 4
Certificates of Disrepair cancelled 2
Total number of visits made in connection with applications for
Certificates of Disrepair—233.
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