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ings to prove that the non-fulfilment of the contract was due to compliance with an order made under this section.

(6) In this section the expression "construction of any works or buildings includes the making of alterations or additions to existing works or buildings.

(7) Any rules of procedure made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after they are

made.

6.-(1) If any person at any time after the third day of December, nine- Prohibition on teen hundred and nineteen, without the permission in writing of the Local demolition of Authority within whose area the house is situate, demolishes, in whole or dwelling-houses. in part, or uses otherwise than as a dwelling-house any house which was at that date in the opinion of the Local Authority reasonably fit or reasonably capable without reconstruction of being rendered fit for human habitation, he shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each house demolished or so used to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such imprisonment and fine, and, where the person guilty of an offence under this section is a company, every director and officer of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his consent or connivance.

(2) Any person to whom permission to demolish a house has been refused by a Local Authority under this section, may appeal to the Minister on the ground that the house is not capable without reconstruction of being rendered fit for human habitation, and any such appeal shall be dealt with in the same manner as an appeal under sub-section (2) of the preceding section of this Act.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the permission of the Local Authority shall not be required in the case of any house the demolition of which is required or authorised by, under, or in pursuance of any Act of Parliament, or which is used otherwise than as a dwelling-house for any statutory purposes or which was occupied and used otherwise than as a dwelling-house before the third day of December, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

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In this section the expression dwelling-house means a building constructed or adapted to be used wholly or principally for human habitation.

7.-(1) A Local Authority (including a county council) may, with the consent of the Minister, borrow any sums which they have power to borrow for the purposes of the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, by the issue of bonds (in this Act referred to as "local bonds") in accordance with the provisions of

this Act.

(2) A county council may lend to any Local Authority within their area any money which that authority have power to borrow for the purposes of the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, and may, with the sanction of the Minister and irrespective of any limit of borrowing, raise the money required for the purpose either by the issue of local bonds under this section or by a loan subject to the like conditions and in the like manner as any other loan raised for the purposes of their powers and duties, and subject in either case to any conditions which the Minister may by general or special order impose.

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to local bonds.

(4) Where on an application made by two or more Local Authorities the Minister is satisfied that it is expedient that those authorities should have power to make a joint issue of local bonds, the Minister may by order make such provision as appears to him necessary for the purpose, and any such order shall provide for the securing of the bonds issued upon the joint rates, property and revenues of the authorities.

The provisions of any such order shall have effect as if they were contained in a Provisional Order made under section two hundred and seventynine of the Public Health Act, 1875.

(5) Any Local Authority by whom any local bonds have been issued may, without the consent of the Minister, borrow for the purpose of redeeming those bonds.

Powers of

borrowing for purpose of Housing Acts.

38 and 39 Vict. c. 55.

Sub-section (2) of s. 1 of

6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 69, to be perpetual.

Power of trustees to invest

8. Sub-section (2) of section one of the Public Authorities and Bodies (Loans) Act, 1916 (which gives power temporarily to certain local authorities to borrow money by means of the issue of securities to bearer and whether within or without the United Kingdom), shall be a permanent enactment, and accordingly the words "during the continuation of the present war and a period of six months thereafter in that sub-section shall be repealed.

9. Section one of the Trustee Act, 1893 (which specifies the securities in which trust funds may be invested), shall have effect as though there were securities issued included therein local bonds issued under this Act and mortgages of any

in certain

by local authorities.

56 & 57 Vict. c. 53.

Acquisition of

of garden cities

or town

planning schemes.

fund or rate granted after the passing of this Act under the authority of any Act or Provisional Order by a Local Authority (including a county council) which is authorised to issue local bonds under this Act.

10.-(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any Local Authority (includland for purpose ing a county council) or two or more Local Authorities jointly, or any authorised association, are prepared to purchase and develop any land as a garden city (including a garden suburb or a garden village), or any land in regard to which a town-planning scheme may be made for the purpose of such a scheme for the area in which the land is situate, in accordance with a scheme approved by the Minister, and have funds available for the purpose, he may, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation with the Board of Trade, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Minister of Transport, acquire that land on behalf of the authority or association either by compulsion or by agreement in any case in which it appears to him necessary or expedient so to do for the purpose of securing the development of the land as aforesaid, and may do all such things as may be necessary to vest the land so acquired in the Local Authority or association.

Meaning of local authority.

53 and 54 Vict. c. 70.

Execution of Act in county of London.

57 & 58 Vict. c. ccxiii.

(2) The provisions of the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, relating to the powers of a Local Authority to acquire land for the purposes of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, shall apply for the purpose of the acquisition of land by the Minister under this section, and the Minister in exercising his powers of acquiring land under this section shall be subject to the same conditions as are applicable to the acquisition of land under the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, by a Local Authority.

Provided that, in the case of an order for the compulsory acquisition of land on behalf of an authorised association, the order shall be laid before each House of Parliament and shall not be confirmed by the Minister unless and until both Houses by resolution have approved the order, nor, if any modifications are agreed to by both Houses, otherwise than as so modified.

(3) A Local Authority shall have power to acquire land for the purposes of a scheme approved by the Minister under this section, and to develop any land so acquired in accordance with the scheme, and shall have power to borrow, as for the purposes of the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, any money required for the purpose of so acquiring or developing any land.

(4) In this section "authorised association " means any society, company or body of persons approved by the Minister whose objects include the promotion, formation, or management of garden cities (including garden suburbs and garden villages), and the erection, improvement or management of buildings for the working classes and others, which does not trade for profit or whose constitution forbids payment of any interest or dividend at a higher rate than six per centum per annum.

11. In this Act the expression "Local Authority" means the Local Authority within the meaning of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890:

Provided that for the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Act (other than those relating to expenses under section sixteen of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919) to the county of London the London County Council shall be the Local Authority to the exclusion of any other authority, and that in the city of London the London County Council shall be the Local Authority for the purpose of the certificate as to the completion of houses to be given under the provisions of this Act relating to the payment of money to persons constructing houses.

12. For the purpose of securing the proper execution of this Act in the administrative county of London, the London County Council shall have the power to require a district surveyor under the London Building Act, 1894, to perform within his district such duties as the Council think necessary

for that purpose, and the Council may pay to a district surveyor such remuneration as they may determine in respect of any duties performed by him in pursuance of this section.

13.-(1) This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following Application to modifications:

(a) References to the Minister of Health shall be construed as references to the Scottish Board of Health;

Scotland.

(b) A reference to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries shall be construed as a reference to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland; (c) References to section one, section seven and section nineteen of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919, shall be construed as references to section one, section five and section sixteen respec- 9 & 10 Geo. 5, tively of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. (Scotland) Act, 1919; c. 60. (d) References to the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, shall be construed as references to the Housing (Scotland) Acts, 1890 to 1919;

(e) A reference to building bye-laws shall be construed as a reference to building regulations as defined by section thirty-one of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. (Scotland), Act, 1919;

(f) A reference to a Provisional Order made under section two hundred and seventy-nine of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be construed as a reference to an Order made under sub-section (3) of section sixty-four of the National Insurance Act, 1911.

(2) Section sixteen of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919, shall apply to Scotland as if it had been enacted in Part I. of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. (Scotland), Act, 1919, with the substitution of the Scottish Board of Health for the Local Government Board, and references in this Act to the said section sixteen shall be construed as references to that section as so applied.

1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55.

(3) Section eighteen of the Improvement of Land Act, 1864, shall not 27 & 28 Vict. have effect in the case of landowners in Scotland making applications for c. 114. loans under that Act for the construction or reconstruction of houses for the working classes.

(4) The section of this Act relating to power of trustees to invest in certain securities issued by Local Authorities shall not apply, and in lieu thereof

Local bonds issued under this Act shall be bonds within the meaning of paragraph (b) of section three of the Trusts (Scotland) 61 & 62 Viet. Act, 1898.

14. This Act, in its application to Ireland, shall have effect with the following modifications, namely:

(1) References to the Minister of Health or to the Minister shall be construed as references to the Local Government Board for Ireland:

C. 42.

Application to
Ireland.

(2) References to the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, shall be construed as references to the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1919, references to the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919, shall be construed as references to the Housing (Ireland) 9 & 10 Geo. 5, Act, 1919, and references to section seven and to section nineteen c. 45. of the first-mentioned Act shall respectively be construed as references to section five and to section fifteen of the last-mentioned Act:

(3) References to the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be construed as references to the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and references 41 & 42 Vict. to section two hundred and seventy-nine of the first-mentioned c. 52. Act shall be construed as references to section twelve of the lastmentioned Act:

(4) The reference to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries shall not apply:

(5) Section sixteen of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919, shall apply to Ireland as if it had been enacted in Part I. of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, with the substitution of "the Local Government Board for Ireland" for "the Local Government Board," and references in this Act to the said section sixteen shall be construed as references to that section as so applied.

Short title and duration.

52 & 53 Vict. C 63.

1919.

15.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Additional Powers) Act,

(2) The provisions of this Act, other than the provisions thereof relating to powers of borrowing for the purpose of the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, the Public Authorities and Bodies (Loans) Act, 1916, trustee securities, and the acquisitions of land for the purpose of garden cities and town-planning schemes, shall continue in force for two years only from the commencement thereof, and no longer:

Provided that section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals), shall, in relation to the provisions of this Act which cease to be in force on the expiration of the period aforesaid, apply as if these provisions had been repealed by another Act passed on the date of the expiration of the said period.

Section 7.

SCHEDULE.

PROVISIONS AS TO LOCAL BONDS.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 39.

62 & 63 Vict. c. 9.

7 Edw. 7, c. 13.

8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40.

1. Local bonds shall

(a) be secured upon all the rates, property and revenues of the Local Authority:

(b) bear interest at such rate of interest as the Treasury may from time to time fix:

(c) be issued in denominations of five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred pounds and multiples of hundred pounds:

(d) be issued for periods of not less than five years.

2. Local bonds shall be exempt from stamp duty under the Stamp Act, 1891, and no duty shall be chargeable under section eight of the Finance Act, 1899, as amended by section ten of the Finance Act, 1907, in respect of the issue of any such bonds.

3. The provisions of section one hundred and fifteen of the Stamp Act, 1891 (which relates to composition for stamp duty), shall, with the necessary adaptations, apply in the case of any Local Authority by whom local bonds are issued as if those bonds were stock or funded debt of the authority within the meaning of that section.

4. A Local Authority shall, in the case of any person who is the registered holder of local bonds issued by that authority of a nominal amount not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred pounds, pay the interest on the bonds held by that person without deduction of income tax, but any such interest shall be accounted for and charged to income tax under the third case of Schedule D. in the First Schedule to the Income Tax Act, 1918, subject, however, to any provision of that Act with respect to exemption or abatement.

5. Local bonds issued by a Local Authority shall be accepted by that authority at their nominal value in payment of the purchase price of any house erected by or on behalf of any Local Authority in pursuance of any scheme under the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919.

6. The Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, make regulations with respect to the issue (including terms of issue), transfer and redemption of local bonds and the security therefor, and any such_regulations may apply, with or without modifications, any provisions of the Local Loans Act, 1875, and the Acts amending that Act, and of any Act relating to securities issued by the London County Council or by any other local or public body.

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provisions of Local Government (Emergency Provisions)
Act, 1916, to apply to Part II.,

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receipts and expenditure under Part III. to be accounted
for in certain circumstances under separate head,

ACQUISITION OF LAND-[See also Arbitration-Compen-
sation-and Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Com-
pensation) Act, 1919.]

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confirming Act or Order still necessary for, common,

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period for exercise of compulsory powers,

rules for assessing compensation for,

Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act,

1919, so far as applicable, to apply to,

extinction of rights of way and servitudes,

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payment of purchase money by local authority for,

82

power of local authority to enter lands,

82

local authority may acquire land in advance by agreement,
Treasury assistance for,

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