Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931
|
Power of local authority to deal with part of building. |
25.—A local authority may under this Part of this Act take the like proceedings in relation to any part of a building which is let for human habitation as a separate tenement or in relation to any underground room which by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 24 of this Act is to be deemed to be unfit for human habitation, as they are empowered to take in relation to a dwelling-house subject, however, to this qualification that, in circumstances in which, in the case of a dwelling-house, they would have made a demolition order, they shall, in the case of a part of a building, which is let for human habitation as a separate tenement, make a closing order prohibiting the use of that part for human habitation and in the case of any such underground room as aforesaid make a closing order prohibiting the use of the room for the purposes of a sleeping place; but the local authority shall determine a closing order so made by them on being satisfied that the part of the building or the room to which it relates has been rendered fit for human habitation. |