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SECTION 23 (Supplemental provisions) includes a provision that both the
metropolitan boroughs and the London County Council shall be local authorities
for the purposes of this Part of the Act, and repeals section 36 of the 1957
Act.
Reconditioning of Condemned Houses
SECTION 24 (Exclusion of houses from clearance order) enables a local authority
in certain circumstances to make and submit to the Minister for confirmation an
order excluding from a confirmed clearance order any house which has been or
will be made fit for human habitation, and any houses or other buildings which
(a) were included in the area by reason only of their bad arrangement
in relation to other buildings- or the narrowness or bad arrangement
of the streets are dangerous or injurious to the health of the
inhabitants of the arear and
(b) have not been included in a clearance order or compulsory
purchase order,
if such houses or buildings would not have been included in the area but for
the inclusion of the houses which have since been or will be made fit.
SECTION 25 (Power to permit reconstruction of a house condemned under a
demolition order) amends section 24 of the 1957 Act so as to enable a local
authority to accept proposals for the revocation of a demolition order from any
other person as well as the owner who, in the opinion of the local authority,
is or will be in a position to put his proposals into effect.
Mi seellaneous
SECTION 26 (Power to substitute closing order for demolition order to enable a
house to be used otherwise than for human habi tation) will enable a local
authority if they think fit to substitute a closing order for an operative
demolition order if proposals to use the house for a purpose other than human
habitation are submitted to them
Part III
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Private improvements in housing
SECTION 29 (Permitted rent increase for improvements) increases from 8%to 12Wfo
the amount by which the rent of a controlled dwelling may be increased for
improvements completed after the commencement of the Act, but does not apply to
an improvement carried out in reliance on a consent granted before 24th October,
1961 by a controlled tenant unless the consent was in writing and contained an
acknowledgment that the rent could be increased on account of the improvement
to a stated amount at least equal to the new permitted rent limit.
SECTION 30 (Standard grant for provisionofhot water supply and water closets).
This section amends Section 4(1) of the House Purchase and Housing Act, 1959,
by substituting for a "hot water supply" the words "a hot water supply at a
fixed bath or shower in a bathroom, and at a wash hand basin, and at a sink".
The water closet mentioned in the subsection must be in and accessible from
within the dwelling, or, if this is not reasonably practicable, in such a
position as to be readily accessible from the dwelling,