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vided for in the case of any person using a house in respect of which a closing order
has been made with a further penalty of £5 a day during which the offence continues
after conviction. The clause further provides that the Rent Restriction Acts shall
not apply in the case of an owner requiring possession where an undertaking has
been given by him that the house shall not be occupied.
Clause 19.— This clause provides for appeals against the requirements of the
local authority by aggrieved persons. These are to be made to the County Court
and except upon any point of law, the decision of the County Court Judge is to
be final.
Clause 20.— This clause gives power to the local authority to purchase a
house which cannot be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense,
either by agreement or compulsorily, and in the event of their doing so requires
them to execute the works required in the original notice to the owner. The
compensation payable shall be the value of the site as a cleared site available for
development.
Part 111.
Part III (Clauses 22 to 27). This part of the Bill relates to the provision of
housing accommodation for persons displaced under the provisions of the Bill
and otherwise, and also with respect to Government ^assistance towards the cost
of re-housing operations. The definition of " local authority " for carrying out
this part of the Bill is as set out in Clause 27 of the Bill.
Clause 22.— This clause imposes on the local authority the duty of considering
housing conditions in their area and the needs of the area with respect to the
provision of further housing accommodation for the working classes, and for
that purpose, of reviewing the information which has been brought to their notice,
and as often as occasion arises, to prepare and submit to the Minister proposals for
the provision of new houses for the working classes.
In the year 1930 and each fifth succeeding year the Council of every borough
or urban district with a population of more than 20,000 shall also submit to the
Minister a general statement of the measures they propose to take during the five
next succeeding years for dealing with housing conditions in their area and the
provision of further housing accommodation.
Clause 23.— Under this clause contributions will be made by the Ministry of
Health towards any expenses incurred by a local authority in connection with any
action taken by them under the Bill for dealing with clearance or improvement
areas, or for the demolition of insanitary houses, or for closing parts of buildings,
and in connection with the provision and maintenance of the housing accommodation
rendered necessary by any action so taken.
A contribution shall be payable annually for a period of 40 years and shall be
the appropriate sum (as hereinafter defined) multiplied by the number of persons
of the working classes displaced and for whom accommodation has been rendered
available by the authority in new houses.
" Appropriate sum " means :
"(a) In the case of persons displaced from houses in an agricultural
parish, the sum of two pounds ten shillings ; and
" (b) In the case of persons displaced from houses in other parishes, the
sum of two pounds five shillings ;
"Provided that, if the Minister certifies that it is necessary,
in connection with a clearance area, to provide re-housing accommodation
in buildings of more than three storeys, and of which
the cost or value of the site exceeds four thousand pounds per
acre, the appropriate sum as respects persons for whom such
accommodation is made available shall be three pounds ten
shillings."