of any interest or dividend at a rate exceeding five per cent. per annum. (2.) In the application of this Act to Scotland the Local Government Board for Scotland shall be substituted for the Local Government Board, and the Board of Agriculture for Scotland shall be substituted for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. (3.) This Act shall not apply to Ireland. (4.) This Act may be cited as the Housing (No. 2) Act, 1914. This is also a war-time measure. It was intended to meet possible unemployment in the building trade e; but this did not arise, and the powers in section 1 (1) expired without having been exercised. The Act was subsequently extended to Ireland. HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT, 1919 [9 & 10 GEO. 5. CH. 35.] ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I.-HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES Schemes under Part III of Act of 1890: § 1. Duty of local authority to prepare housing schemes-2. Duty of local authority to carry out scheme. Power of County Councils and Local Government Board to act in place of Local Authorities: 3. Power to authorise county council to act in place of local authority-4. Power of Local Government Board to act in place of the local authority—5. Power to act in default of local authority under Parts I and II of principal Act-6. Inspection by county medical officer of health.-Financial Provisions: 7. Power to recoup losses-8. Powers of county councils in connection with the housing of their employees.-Provisions as to the Acquisition and Disposal of Land, &c.: 9. Provisions as to assessment of compensation -10. Power of entry on land acquired-11. Amendment of procedure for compulsory acquisition of land—12. Additional powers as to acquisition of land and houses-13. Power to acquire in advance lands in areas proposed for inclusion in improvement schemes under Parts I and II of principal Act-14. Power to acquire water rights— 15. Powers of dealing with land acquired-16. Power of Local Government Board to assist in preparation of schemes-17. Occupation of house at a rental from local authority not to disqualify for election to local authority.-Provisions for the assistance of public utility societies, housing trusts, and other persons: 18. Powers of promoting and assisting public utility societies-19. Power of contributing to costs incurred by public utility societies and housing trusts-20. Loans to public utility societies-21. Loans to private persons-22. Loans by local authorities for the improvement of housing accommodation-23. Provisions as to sale of building materials.-Relaxation of Byelaws: 24. Relaxation of Byelaws-25. Consent of local authority to erection and use of buildings.-Miscellaneous: 26. Byelaws respecting houses divided into separate tenements-27. Power to authorise conversion of a house into several tenements-28. Repair of houses -29. Information to tenants of houses for the working classes -30. Power to authorise superior landlord to enter and execute works-31. Extension of powers under Settled Land Acts—32. Penalty on re-letting house ordered to be closed-33. Amendment of s. 11 of principal Act-34. Arrangements between the Local Government Board and other Departments-35. Provisions of Housing Acts not to be affected by the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (War Restrictions) Act, 1915–36. Compensation in cases of subsidence— 37. Application of Act to New Forest-38. Extension of powers of Commissioners of Woods-39. Procedure and minor amendments of Housing Acts-40. Construction-41. Application to London of certain provisions of the Housing Acts. PART II.-TOWN PLANNING § 42. Removal of necessity to obtain previous authorisation of Local Government Board to preparation or adoption of town planning scheme-43. Extension of power to make regulations as to procedure44. Repeal of provisos to ss. 54 (4) and 55 (2) of 9 Edw. 7. c. 4445. Power to permit development of estates pending preparation and approval of town planning schemes-46. Preparation of town planning schemes-47. Power of Local Government Board to require town planning scheme-48. Consequential and minor amendments. PART III.-ACQUISITION OF SMALL DWELLINGS § 49. Amendment of 62 & 63 Vict. c. 44. PART IV.-GENERAL § 50. Repeals-51. Extent-52. Short title. SCHEDULES. An Act to amend the enactments relating to the Housing of the Working Classes, Town Planning, and the acquisition of small dwellings. [31st July 1919.] BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: PART I HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES Schemes under Part III of Act of 1890 local 1. (1.) It shall be the duty of every local authority Duty of within the meaning of Part III of the Housing of the authority to Working Classes Act, 1890 (hereinafter referred to as prepare the principal Act), to consider the needs of their area with respect to the provision of houses for the working c. 70. housing schemes. 53 & 54 Vict. S. 1 (19). classes, and within three months after the passing of this Act, and thereafter as often as occasion arises, or within three months after notice has been given to them by the Local Government Board, to prepare and submit to the Local Government Board a scheme for the exercise of their powers under the said Part III. Duty. This is the point of this Act; previously the local authorities had power to build if they thought fit. For enforcement-see sections 3 and 4. The duty is "to consider the needs . . . and . . . to prepare and submit" a scheme; for duty to carry out the schemesee section 2. Local authority. For definition see page 11. Part III deals with "Working-Class Lodging Houses" the erection of lodging-houses, dwelling-houses and cottages, &c. (see page 207). For discussion (see page 17). To consider the needs. Houses for the Working Classes. For definition-see section 40 (page 441). Occasion arises. See subsection (5) below. Within three months after notice. Subsection (5) does not fix any time limit within which action must be taken after an occasion arises," but these words here would enable the Local Government Board (Ministry of Health) to require action within three months. Scheme. This is not defined except as by the next subsection, and no scheme is required by, or referred to in, Part III of the 1890 Act. See also page 18. Their powers, i.e. to erect dwelling-houses, &c. (see pages 11, 13, 211 and 394). (2.) A scheme under this section shall specify— (d) the time within which the scheme or any part s. 1 (19). thereof is to be carried into effect; 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 scheme. Nature. It will be seen from D.89 (page 18) that the Ministry interprets this to mean that the scheme shall show how many houses with two, three or four bedrooms, &c., are proposed, how many are block dwellings, and so on. Average number of houses per acre. In the official Manual on the Preparation of State-Aided Housing Schemes, this matter is discussed fully (see page 23), but the local authorities are nowhere bound by the eight to twelve houses per acre therein mentioned, though the Ministry have powers (under the next subsection, (3), and section 7) to check any unreasonable variations from these figures. It is only an approved scheme which secures the financial assistance under section 7. (3.) The Local Government Board may approve any such scheme or any part thereof without modification or subject to such modifications as they may think fit, and the scheme or part thereof when so approved shall be binding on the local authority; but if the Board consider the scheme inadequate they may refuse to approve the scheme and require the authority to prepare and submit to them an adequate scheme within such time as they may fix, or they may approve the scheme or part thereof subject to the condition that the authority prepare and submit to them a further scheme within such time as they may fix: Provided that local authorities in preparing, and the Local Government Board in approving, any scheme shall take into account, and so far as possible preserve, |