Housing of The Working Classes Act, 1903

Recovery of possession from occupying tenants in pursuance of closing orders.

51 & 52 Vict. c. 43. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 74.

10. Where default is made as respects any dwelling-house in obeying a closing order in the manner provided by subsection three of section thirty-two of the principal Act, possession of the house may be obtained (without prejudice to the enforcement of any penalty under that provision), whatever may be the value or rent of the house, by or on behalf of the owner or local authority, either under sections one hundred and thirty-eight to one hundred and forty-five of the County Courts Act, 1888, or under the Small Tenements Recovery Act, 1838, as in the cases therein provided for, and in either case may be obtained as if the owner or local authority were the landlord.

Any expenses incurred by a local authority under this section may be recovered from the owner of the dwelling-house as a civil debt in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.

Miscellaneous.