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Power to act in default of local authority under Parts I. and II. of Act of 1890.
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4. Without prejudice to any other powers for enforcing the provisions of the Housing Acts, where the Local Government Board are satisfied that any area within the district of a local authority is an area in respect of which the local authority ought to exercise their powers under Part I. or Part II. of the Act of 1890, the Board may by order require the local authority to make a scheme for the improvement of such area, either under Part I. or under Part II. of that Act, and to do all things necessary under the Housing Acts for carrying into execution the scheme so made, and, if the local authority fail within such time as may be prescribed by the order to make a scheme to the satisfaction of the Local Government Board and to carry the scheme into execution, the Board may themselves make and take such steps as may be necessary to carry out a scheme, and the provisions of the last preceding section of this Act shall apply.
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