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Execution of an order for demolition, and provision as to site.
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34.—(1) Where an order for the demolition of a building has been made, the owner thereof shall within three months after service of the order proceed to take down and remove the building, and if the owner fails therein the local authority shall proceed to take down and remove the building and shall sell the materials, and after deducting the expenses incident to such taking down and removal, pay over the balance of money (if any) to the owner[1]
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(2) Where a building has been so taken down and removed, no house or other building or erection which will be dangerous or injurious to health shall be erected on all or any part of the site of such building; and if any house, building or erection is erected contrary to the provisions of this section, the local authority may at any time order the owner thereof to abate the same, and in the event of non-compliance with the order, may at the expense of the owner abate or alter the same.
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[1 As to recovery of balance from owner in E., see 3 Edw. 7. c. 39, s. 9, and in I., 8 Edw. 7. c. 61, s. 10.] |