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the period of three weeks within which the tenant was entitled to object to the
cancellation being unexpired.
With regard to applications for certificates as to remedying of defects,
67 tenants applied for such certificates on the grounds that their landlords
had defaulted on their undertakings and the required certificate was issued in
all cases. Landlords applications totalled 123, and in 41 instances it was
found that certain of the defects which they had undertaken to remedy had not
in fact been remedied. Pour applications were outstanding at the end of the
year.
The following table summarizes the action taken under this Act during the
year:-
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
OR
CANCELLATION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES
(1) Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form I) 249
Number of notices to landlords of proposal to issue Certificate of
Disrepair (Form J) 239
Number of undertakings to remedy defects given by landlords
(Form K) 159
Number of undertakings accepted 150
Number of undertakings refused 9
Number of certificates of disrepair issued (Form L) 93
Number of applications refused 26
Number of applications withdrawn 8
(2) Cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form M) 100
Number of such applications relating to certificates issued under
the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 19
Number of notices of proposal to cancel certificates of disrepair
sent to tenants (Form N) 100
Number of objections received 35
Number of objections deemed to be justified 26
Number of objections deemed to be not justified 7
Number of certificates CANCELLED 77
Number of applications for cancellation refused 26
(3) Certificates as to Remedying of Defects
Number of applications received (Form 0) 190
(a) From tenants 67
(b) From landlords 123
Number of certificates issued (Form P) 186
(a) that defects have been remedied 82
(b) that defects have not been remedied 104