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(3) Certificates as to Remedying of Defects
Number of applications received (Form 0) 16 (356)
(a) from tenants 8 (116)
(b) from landlords 8 (240)
Number of certificates issued (Form P) 16 (356)
(a) that defects have been remedied 7 (169)
(b) that defects have not been remedied 9 (187)
The figures given in brackets are the total since the 6th July, 1957,
when the Act came into force.
HOUSE PURCHASE AND HOUSING ACT, 1959
A total of 78 applications for standard grants were received by the
Borough Council and referred to this department for observations; of the 51
applications approved 25 were in respect of proposals to install all five
standard amenities and in 26 cases the amenities not already existing.
The following is a summary of the action taken under the Housing Act, 1957:SECTION
17
Demolition Orders made Nil
Houses demolished 4
Closing Orders made 2
SECTION 18
Closing Orders made (including 84 individual underground rooms) 99
Undertakings to make fit for human habitation 4
Undertakings cancelled (Rooms made fit) 1
SECTION 27
Closing Orders determined (Parts of buildings) 24
Closing Orders cancelled (Premises demolished) 3
SECTION 42
Clearance Orders made 3
Number of houses included therein 28
RECORDED DELIVERY SERVICE ACT, 1962
Enables the recorded delivery service to be used as an alternative to
registered post and amends Section 169 of the Housing Act, 1957 (which relates
to the service of notices, etc.) accordingly.
LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, 1962
This Act came into operation on the 1st November, 1962, and, inter alia,
requires that any landlord who lets residential accommodation on a weekly basis
must provide a rent book - unless he provides board as well as lodgings and the
value of the board forms a substantial element in the rent. This requirement
applies irrespective of the rateable value whether the letting is furnished
or unfurnished and whether or not the letting is subject to the Rent
Restrictions Acts. Furthermore such rent book must contain the name and
address of the landlord
The maximum penalty for a first offence against the Act is a fine of £50
and for a second offence a fine of £100.