A.D. 1924. Purposes land may 1919, s. 12.] Except where the local authority is a rural district council any such powers as aforesaid may, for supplying the needs of the district, be exercised outside the district of the local authority. (2) The local authority may alter, enlarge, repair or 5 improve any house so erected, converted, or acquired, and may fit out, furnish and supply any such house with all requisite furniture, fittings, and conveniences. (3) A local authority may for the purposes of this Part of this Act, exercise the same powers, whether of 10 contract or otherwise, as in the execution of their duties under the Public Health Acts, or, in the case of the London County Council, under the Metropolis Management Acts, 1855 to 1893, or, in the case of the Common Council of the City of London, under the City of London 15 (Sewers) Acts, 1848 to 1897. (4) For the purpose of this Part of this Act "provision of housing accommodation" includes the provision of lodging-houses, and separate houses or cottages containing one or several tenements, and, in the 20 case of a cottage, a cottage with a garden of not more than one acre. 58.-(1) A local authority shall have power under this Part of this Act (a) to acquire any land, including any houses or 25 (b) to acquire any estate or interest in any houses (c) to acquire land for the purpose of- (i) the lease or sale of the land, under the powers conferred by this Act, with a view to the erection thereon of dwelling-houses for the working 35 classes by persons other than the local authority; (ii) the lease or sale under the powers conferred by this Act of any part of the land acquired with a view to the use thereof for purposes which in the opinion of the local authority are necessary 40 or desirable for or incidental to the development of the land as a building estate, including the provision, maintenance, and improvement of 5 houses and gardens, factories, workshops, places A.D. 1924. persons. (2) Subject to the consent of the Minister and to such conditions as he may prescribe a local authority may, for the purposes of this Part of this Act, acquire by agreement (but not otherwise), or contract for a lease 10 to them of, dwelling-houses suitable for the working classes, whether built at the date of the contract or intended to be built thereafter. (3) A local authority may, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, 15 acquire land by agreement (but not otherwise) for the purposes of this Part of this Act, notwithstanding that the land is not immediately required for those purposes. 59.-(1) Where a local authority have acquired or Powers of appropriated any land for the purposes of this Part of dealing 20 this Act, then, without prejudice to any of their other with land powers under this Act, the authority may 25 30 35 40 45 (a) lay out and construct public streets or roads and (b) with the consent of the Minister sell or lease the acquired. A.D. 1924. Duty of local authority to prepare housing schemes. [1919, s. 1.] purposes, either with or without paying or receiving any money for equality of exchange; (d) with the consent of the Minister sell or lease any houses on the land or erected by them on the land, subject to such covenants and conditions 5 as they may think fit to impose either in regard to the maintenance of the houses as dwellinghouses for the working classes or otherwise in regard to the use of the houses, and upon any such sale they may, if they think fit, agree 10 to the price being paid by instalments or to a payment of part thereof being secured by a mortgage of the premises. (2) Where a local authority under this section sell or lease land the local authority may contribute towards 15 the expenses of the development of the land and the laying out and construction of streets thereon, subject to the condition that the streets are dedicated to the public. (3) Land and houses sold or leased under the pro- 20 visions of this section shall be sold or leased at the best price or for the best rent that can reasonably be obtained, having regard to any condition imposed, and any capital money received in respect of any transaction under this section shall be applied in or towards the purchase of 25 other land for the purposes of this Part of this Act, or with the consent of the Minister to any purpose, including the repayment of borrowed money, to which capital money may be properly applied. (4) For the purposes of this section, "sale" includes 30 sale in consideration of a chief rent, rentcharge or other similar periodical payment, and "sell" has a corresponding meaning. Schemes for the provision of houses for the 35 60.-(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority to consider the needs of their area with respect to the provision of housing accommodation for the working classes, and as often as occasion arises, or within three months after notice has been given to them by the 40 Minister, to prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme. for the exercise of their powers under this Part of this Act. LO 5 10 (2) A scheme under this section shall specify- (b) the approximate quantity of land to be (c) the average number of houses per acre; (d) the time within which the scheme or any part and the scheme may contain such incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions (including provisions as to the subsequent variation of the scheme) as may appear necessary or proper for the purpose of the 15 scheme. (3) The Minister may approve any such scheme or any part thereof without modification or subject to such modifications as he may think fit, and the scheme or part thereof when so approved shall be binding on the 20 local authority; but if the Minister considers the scheme inadequate he may refuse to approve the scheme and require the authority to prepare and submit to him an adequate scheme within such time as he may fix, or he may approve the scheme or part thereof subject to the 25 condition that the authority prepare and submit to him a further scheme within such time as he may fix: Provided that local authorities in preparing, and the Minister in approving, any scheme shall take into account, and so far as possible preserve, existing erections of archi30 tectural, historic, or artistic interest, and shall have regard to the natural amenities of the locality, and, in order to secure that the houses proposed to be built under the scheme shall be of a suitable architecture and that the natural amenities of the locality shall not be 35 unnecessarily injured, the Minister may, in any case where it appears to him that the character of the locality renders such a course expedient, require as a condition of his approval the employment by the local authority of an architect to be selected from a panel of architects 40 nominated for the purpose by the Royal Institute of British Architects. (4) Before the Minister finally approves a scheme, the local authority shall furnish to him estimates of the cost of the scheme and of the rents expected to be derived 45 from the houses provided under the scheme. A.D. 1924. A.D. 1924. Duty of local authority (5) If the Minister considers as respects any local authority that an occasion for the preparation of a new scheme has arisen, he shall give notice to that effect to the local authority, and thereupon such an occasion shall be deemed to have arisen. 5 (6) Where the local authorities concerned or the Minister are of opinion that a scheme should be made affecting the areas of two or more local authorities, such a scheme shall be prepared by the local authorities jointly and the local authority of each area to which any part 10 of any such joint scheme applies may, or, if the Minister after giving the local authority an opportunity of being heard so directs, shall carry out that part of the joint scheme, and for the purposes of this subsection "local authority" shall, in any case where the Minister consents 15 and subject to any conditions which he may prescribe, include a county council. (7) Local authorities in preparing, and the Minister in approving, schemes shall make inquiry respecting and take into account any proposals by other bodies and 20 persons to provide housing accommodation. 61. It shall be the duty of a local authority on which obligations are imposed by any such scheme to carry that scheme into effect within such time as may be specified in the scheme or within such further time 25 [1919, s. 2.] as may be allowed by the Minister. to carry Execution of works, 62. Where any such scheme is being carried into effect by a local authority outside their own area, that &c., by local authority shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, authority outside its own area. [1921, s. 3 (1) (a).] Power to have power to execute any works which are necessary 30 Acquisition and appropriation of Land. 35 63. Land for the purposes of this Part of this Act acquire land may be acquired by a local authority by agreement in by agreelike manner as if those purposes were purposes of the ment. Public Health Act, 1875, and sections one hundred 40 and seventy-five to one hundred and seventy-eight of that Act, so far as they relate to the purchase of land by agreement, shall apply accordingly, and shall for the [1890, s. 57.] |