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Order exempting these properties from the No. 5 Order. This Variation Order
was made by the Council on the 25th September, 1963 and came into operation on
1st December, 1963,
(g) HACKNEY NO. 6 SMOKE CONTROL ORDER 1962. This Order which came into
operation on the 1st November, 1963 covers approximately 303 acres. It is
anticipated that some 2,854 adaptations or conversions will ultimately be
necessary.
(h) HACKNEY NO. 7 SMOKE CONTROL ORDER, 1963. This Order which came into
operation on 1st July. 1964 covers approximately 246 acres. It is anticipated
that some 2 029 adaptations or conversions will be ultimately necessary.
(i) HACKNEY NO 8 SMOKE CONTROL ORDER, 1963. This Order which came into
operation on 1st November, 1964 covers approximately 150 acres. It is
anticipated that some 1 739 adaptations or conversions will be ultimately
necessary,
(j) HACKNEY NO 9 SMOKE CONTROL ORDER, 1964. This Order was made by the
Council on the 24th June, 1964 having been deferred from the March Committee,
as a result of the Ministry's Circular 69/63 dated 17th December, 1963. This
Circular was reported in my 1963 Annual Report and authorised Local Authorities
to pay grant in respect of a wider range of approved heating appliances, having
regard to a diminution in the availability of gas coke.
Since the Order was submitted to the Ministry, it has been necessary to
review the position in the area and revise the costs submitted to the Ministry.
It is now anticipated that the Order will be confirmed by the Ministry of
Housing and Local Government some time in the early part of 1965 and that it
will become operative towards the latter part of that year.
AMENDMENT TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT 1956. Part V of the Housing Act 1964 amends
the Clean Air Act, 1956, so that dwellings, the erection or conversion of which
was begun after 5th July 1956, but before 16th August, 1964, are now eligible
for grant provided the expenditure is incurred after 16th August. This will
allow the replacement of open grates which were installed in new premises in
accordance with building byelaws, in those areas where open grate smokeless
fuel is unlikely to be sufficient to meet the requirements of further smoke
control orders.
Furthermore a grant on the installation of a heating appliance of a
particular class in a given Smoke Control Area shall not be payable where a
local authority have by resolution, designated that class of appliance
unsuitable for installation in that area. The Minister has power to designate
classes of heating appliances as unsuitable where they place undue strain upon
fuel resources, Local authorities are given discretionary power to approve
retrospectively, for grant purposes, expenditure which after the Minister has
confirmed an order but before it comes into operation, an owner or occupier
incurs without the local authority's prior approval. The Minister now has
power to make an exchequer contribution towards local authorities' expenses on
discretionary repayments. Formerly the Minister only had power to make a
contribution in respect of the 7/10ths of the expenditure which local
authorities were bound to pay to the owner or occupier.
The grant payable to local authorities buying or holding unfit houses for
use as accommodation for the time being has been increased from £3 to £8 per
year for houses approved for that purpose after 13th November, 1963.