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families. These structural alterations should be regarded as the
erection of a new building and the Byelaws with respect thereto
should apply.
Legal poivers necessary. The following clauses are suggested
for adoption in the Council's Bill to be promoted in the session
1912: -
Houses let in Lodgings.
1. (1). When a house or part of a house is let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than one family, it shall
be the duty of the landlord to notify immediately to the
Sanitary Authority that a house or part of a house is so let or
occupied and to furnish the address of the house and such
other particulars as the Sanitary Authority may require.
(2). Any landlord failing to comply with Sub-section (1)
of this Section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds.
2. The Sanitary Authority shall cause to be kept a register
in which shall be entered such particulars as the Council's
Byelaws require with regard to any house or part of a house
let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, whether or not notification has been received from or given
to the landlord that such house or part of a house is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family.
3. (1). No house or part of a house shall be let to two or
more tenants or occupied by members of more than one
family, unless and until separate sanitary accommodation
(including closet accommodation, sinks, sink-wastes and water
supply) is provided to the satisfaction of the Sanitary
Authority.
(2). The landlord of any house let in contravention of
Sub-section (1) of this Section shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding five pounds.
Alterations on Existing Premises.
4. Every person who proposes to alter the structure of
any existing dwelling house, or to alter the mode of occupancy