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The local authority must pay compensation to the dispossessed
proprietor at an annual rate equal to half the gross value and must
prepare a scheme setting out the capital works proposed to be carried out.
Any furniture included in any letting in the house vests in the
local authority and compensation for the use of the furniture is to be
agreed between the authority and the owner or, failing agreement,
determined by the Rent Tribunal.
There are rights of appeal against a control order and a scheme.
If the order is revoked the court may allow the local authority to
recover from rents already collected or as a charge on the house, the
cost of work already carried out.
A control order expires after 5 years, if it is not revoked sooner
by the local authority or by a court. The court, if it is satisfied
that a leasehold interest has expired and the owner intends, and is able
to: demolish or reconstruct the house, must revoke the order, On
termination the rights and obligations assumed by the local authority
vis a vis the residents revert to the dispossessed proprietor.
Application may be made to the courts to vary or determine a lease
of a house subject to a control order. In particular, if the court is
satisfied that a lessor is willing and able to take appropriate remedial
action in the house on determination of the lease and that the local
authority will revoke the order to allow him to do so the court is to
terminate the lease
Local authorities have power to equip a house subject to a control
order with furniture, fittings and conveniences.