The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".

  • Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    authority so to frame their echeme), prOTide for the accommo- dation of such number of those persons of the working classes disjjlaced in the area with resjject to which the scheme is proposed in suitable dwellings to be erected in such place or places either within or without the limits of the same area as the said authority on a report made by the officer conducting the local inquiiy may require. Execution of Scheme by Local Authority. Duty of Section 12.—(1.) When the confirming Act authorizing any im- looal au- provement scheme of a local authority under this part of this Act has thority to ^gg^ passed by Parliament, it shall be the duty of that authority to scSme ^''^^^ steps for purchasing* the lands' required for the scheme, and when con- otherwise for carrying the scheme into execution as soon as firmed, practicable. intoexecu- (2.) They may sell= or let aU or any part of the area comprised in the scheme to any purchasers or lessees for the purpose and under the condition that such purchasers or lessees will, as respects the land so purchased by or leased to them, carry the scheme into execution; and in particular they may insert in any grant or lease of any part of the area proTisions binding the grantee or lessee to build thereon as in the grant or lease prescribed, and to maintain and repair the building, and prohibiting the division of buildings, and any addition to or alteration of the character of buildings without the consent of the local authority, and for the re-vesting of the land [in the local authority, or their re-entry thereon, on breach of any provision in the grant or lease. (3.) The local authority may also engage with any body of trustees, society, or person, to carry the whole or any part of such scheme into effect upon such terms as the local authority may think expedient, but the local authority shall nof* themselves, without the express approval of the confirming authority, undertake the rebuilding of the houses or the execution of any part of the scheme, » For the provisions of the Act relating to the acquisition of lands required for the purposes of this part of the Act, see Sections 20 to 23 and the Second Schedule. It will be the duty of the local authority if the land purchased is charged with tithe rent charge, to take the necessary steps for redeeming such rent charge before the land is applied to the purposes of this Act. See Section 1 of the Tithe Commutation Act, 1878. ^ For the definition of land see Section 93. = As to the application of the proceeds of those sales, see Sections 24 and 82. But see Section 59 and other provisions in Part III. of the Act. Notwith- standing these provisions it would, however, appear that the express consent of the confirming authority is required to the utilization of any part of the area included in the improvement scheme, and the retention of the dwellings erected thereon by the local authority for any longer period than ten years from their completion.