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Additional powers as to acquisition of land and houses.
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8.—(1) The powers of a local authority to acquire land for the purposes of Part III. of the Act of 1890 shall be deemed to include power—
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(a) to acquire any houses or other buildings on the land proposed to be acquired as a site for the erection of houses for the working classes; and
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(b) to acquire any estate or interest in any houses which might be made suitable as houses for the working classes, together with any lands occupied with such houses;
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and the local authority shall have power to alter, enlarge, repair, and improve any such houses or buildings so as to render them in all respects fit for habitation as houses for the working classes.
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(2) The purposes for which land may be acquired under Part III. of the Act of 1890 shall be deemed to include—
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(i) the lease or sale of the land, under the powers conferred by this Act, with a view to the erection thereon of houses for the working classes by persons other than the local authority; and
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(ii) the lease or sale under the powers conferred by this Act of any part of the land acquired with a view to the use thereof for purposes which in the opinion of the local authority are necessary or desirable for or incidental to the development of the land as a building estate, including the provision, maintenance, and improvement of houses and gardens and other works or buildings for, or for the convenience of, persons belonging to the working classes and other persons.
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(3) Subject to the consent of the Local Government Board and to such conditions as the Board may prescribe, a local authority may for the purposes of Part III. of the Act of 1890 contract for the purchase by or lease to them of houses suitable for the working classes, whether built at the date of the contract or intended to be built thereafter.
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