Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Local authorities for purposes of this Act 2 Approval by Minister of proposals for exercise of local authorities' functions under Parts II and III 3 Duty of local authority to inspect district and keep records 4 Matters to be taken into account in determining whether a house is unfit 5 Prohibition of back-to-back houses 6 Conditions to be implied on the letting of small houses 7 Application of foregoing section to houses occupied by agricultural workers otherwise than as tenants 8 Information to be given to tenants of working-class houses 9 Power of local authority to require repair of unfit house 10 Enforcement of notice requiring execution of works 11 Right of appeal 12 Power of local authority to buy house found on appeal not to be capable of repair at reasonable cost 13 Recovery by lessees of proportion of cost of execution of works 14 Charging orders in favour of owner executing works 15 Form, effect, etc. of charging orders 16 Power of local authority to accept undertaking as to reconstruction or use of unfit house 17 Duty of local authority to make demolition or closing order or to purchase house where no undertaking is accepted 18 Power to make a closing order as to part of a building 19 Service of notice of demolition or closing order or intention to purchase 20 Right of appeal against demolition order, etc. 21 Content of demolition order 22 Demolition orders: recovery of possession of building to be demolished 23 Demolition orders: enforcement 24 Demolition orders: power to permit reconstruction of condemned house 25 Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition 26 Demolition orders: substitution of closing order in case of house included in building preservation order, etc. 27 Closing orders: general provisions 28 Closing orders: substitution of demolition order 29 Provisions as to purchase of condemned houses 30 Payments in respect of condemned houses which have been well maintained 31 Temporary provisions for payments to owner-occupiers and others 32 Payments to persons displaced 33 Provisions for protection of owners of houses 34 Temporary occupation of houses subject to existing demolition orders 35 Retention of houses subject to existing demolition orders and required to support other buildings 36 Power to require execution of works or reduction of number of occupants of house 37 Date of operation of notices, demands and orders subject to appeal 38 Provisions as to appeals under Part II 39 Interpretation of Part II 40 Saving for certain restrictions in Part III 41 Local authority for Part II in London 42 Power to declare an area to be a clearance area 43 Method of dealing with clearance area 44 Clearance orders: general provisions 45 Clearance orders: recovery of possession of buildings to be demolished 46 Clearance orders: temporary retention of houses let to local authorities 47 Treatment of land acquired by local authority 48 Temporary retention of unfit houses acquired by local authority 49 Provisions with respect to property originally belonging to a local authority 50 Arrangements where acquisition of land in a clearance area found to be unnecessary 51 Power of local authority to purchase cleared land which owners have failed to re-develop 52 Local authority for clearance areas in London 53 Temporary occupation of houses subject to existing clearance orders 54 Power to purchase buildings subject to existing clearance orders 55 Duty of local authority to secure re-development 56 Re-development plan 57 Purchase of land for purposes of re-development 58 Local authority for re-development areas in London 59 Compensation for land purchased compulsorily 60 Payments in respect of well maintained houses 61 Temporary provisions for payments to owner-occupiers and others 62 Power of entry on land to be purchased by agreement under Part III or appropriated for the purposes of clearance areas 63 Power of local authority to make allowances to persons displaced 64 Extinguishment of rights of way, easements, etc. 65 Provisions as to apparatus of statutory undertakers 66 Power to construct streets in clearance areas in London 67 Provisions as to costs of persons opposing orders and as to costs of Minister 68 Re-development by owners 69 Certificates as to condition of houses 70 Re-development, &c, by owners: excepted cases 71 Local authority for re-development, etc., by owners in London 72 Power of local authority to order demolition of obstructive building 73 Recovery of possession of building subject to demolition order under Part III 74 Effect of order for demolition of obstructive building 75 Local authority for demolition of obstructive buildings in London 76 Duty of local authority to inspect and to make reports and proposals as to overcrowding 77 Definition of overcrowding 78 Offences in relation to overcrowding 79 Power of Minister to increase the permitted number temporarily to meet exceptional conditions 80 Power of local authority to authorise the temporary use of a house by persons in excess of the permitted number 81 Entries in rent books, information and certificates with respect to the permitted number 82 Information as to rights and duties as respects overcrowding 83 Duty of landlord to inform local authority of overcrowding 84 Right of landlord to obtain possession of overcrowded house 85 Enforcement of Part IV 86 Duty of medical officers to furnish particulars of overcrowding 87 Definitions for purposes of Part IV 88 Local authority for overcrowding in London 89 Contributions by London County Council to expenses in relation to overcrowding 90 Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings 91 Periodical review of housing conditions by local authorities 92 Mode of provision of accommodation 93 Supplementary powers of providing buildings or land in connection with provision of accommodation 94 Power to provide furniture 95 Power to provide board and laundry facilities 96 Power of local authority to acquire land for provision of accommodation 97 Procedure for acquiring land 98 Continuance of tenancies of houses compulsorily acquired and to be used for housing purposes 99 Appropriation of land for provision of accommodation 100 Power to make allowances to persons displaced by purchase under Part V 101 Power of entry on land to be purchased by agreement or appropriated for the purposes of Part V 102 Land in New Forest 103 Power to acquire water rights for houses provided 104 Power of disposing of houses provided under Part V 105 Other powers of dealing with land acquired or appropriated for provision of accommodation 106 Power of Minister to impose conditions on sale of houses and land 107 Powers relating to development of land 108 Execution of works in connection with housing operation by local authority outside their own area 109 Responsibility for roads constructed by local authority outside their own area 110 Adjustment of differences between local authorities as to carrying out proposals 111 General responsibility for local authority's houses 112 Byelaws for regulation of local authority's houses 113 Conditions to be observed in management of local authority's houses 114 Reservation of houses for agricultural population 115 Power to establish Housing Management Commissions 116 Responsibility of county councils in respect of housing conditions in rural districts 117 Agreements by county council for assisting rural district councils in provision of accommodation 118 Minister's power to assist rural district councils by acquiring land and erecting houses 119 Power of local authorities and county councils to promote and assist housing associations 120 Arrangements with housing associations for provision of housing 121 Arrangements with housing associations for improvement of housing 122 Power of local authorities to sell furniture to persons housed by housing associations 123 Unification of conditions affecting housing associations' houses 124 Power of Minister to recognise central housing association 125 Provision of housing accommodation by development corporations 126 Power of county councils to provide houses for their employees 127 Power of companies, &c, to provide houses for working classes 128 Trusts for provision of houses for working classes 129 Power of corporate bodies to sell or let land for housing purposes 130 Power of water and gas companies to supply on favourable terms 131 Exercise of Public Health Act powers for purposes of Part V 132 Local authority for Part V in London other than City 133 Exercise by local authorities in London of certain powers for the purposes of Part V 134 Provision of housing accommodation in Isles of Scilly 135 Expenses of rural district councils and county councils 136 Power of local authorities to borrow for purposes of Act 137 Borrowing in connection with operations carried out by local authority outside its own area 138 Power to issue local housing bonds 139 Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners to local authorities 140 Power of local authorities to lend to other authorities 141 Subscriptions by local authorities to local savings committees 142 Application of purchase money, etc. 143 Central Housing Advisory Committee 144 Re-housing obligations of undertakers 145 Building byelaws not to apply to certain buildings 146 Relaxation of Building Acts or byelaws in London 147 Power of Minister to prescribe a code of byelaws for new streets 148 Power of Minister to revoke unreasonable byelaws 149 Protection of amenities of locality, &c 150 Provisions as to commons and open spaces 151 Power of local authorities to enforce covenants against owner for the time being of land 152 Compensation in certain cases of subsidence 153 Donations for housing purposes 154 Joint action by local authorities 155 Buildings situated in districts of more than one local authority 156 References by local authority to Public Health and Housing Committee 157 Official representations 158 Recovery of possession of controlled houses 159 Power of entry for inspection, &c 160 Penalty for obstructing execution of Act 161 Penalty for preventing execution of repairs, &c 162 Power of court to determine lease where premises demolished 163 Power of court to authorise owner to execute works on default of another owner 164 Power of court to authorise examination of works on unfit premises or for improvement 165 Power of court to authorise conversion of houses into several tenements 166 Authentication of orders, notices, &c 167 Authentication of certificates 168 Service of notices, &c., on local authorities 169 Service of notices, &c, on persons other than local authorities 170 Power of local authority to require information as to ownership of premises 171 Powers of county council and Minister in the event of default of rural district council 172 Powers of Minister in event of default by county council in the exercise of transferred powers 173 Power of Minister in the event of default of local authority other than rural district council 174 Provisions as to orders directing county council to perform obligations of urban district council 175 Provisions as to exercise by Minister of powers of a local authority 176 Power to vary and revoke certain orders relating to defaults 177 Power of London County Council in the event of default of metropolitan borough council 178 Power of Minister to prescribe forms, etc. 179 Dispensation with advertisements and notices 180 Provisions as to orders made by Minister 181 Local inquiries and reports 182 Arrangements between the Minister and other Departments 183 Relations between local authorities in London 184 Agreements between the London County Council and other authorities in London 185 Agreements between the London County Council and neighbouring authorities as to provision of houses 186 Provisions as to medical officers of health in London 187 Provisions as to City of London 188 Powers of Act to be cumulative 189 Interpretation 190 Consequential amendments 191 Repeal and savings 192 Construction of references to this Act and to enactments repealed 193 Short title, commencement and extent FIRST SCHEDULE Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part II SECOND SCHEDULE Payments in respect of Unfit Houses THIRD SCHEDULE Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part III FOURTH SCHEDULE Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders under Part III FIFTH SCHEDULE Clearance Orders SIXTH SCHEDULE Number of Persons permitted to use a House for Sleeping SEVENTH SCHEDULE Compulsory Purchase of Land under Part V EIGHTH SCHEDULE Local Housing Bonds NINTH SCHEDULE Rehousing by Undertakers TENTH SCHEDULE Adaptation of References to Enactments in Housing Acts ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Repeals
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77 Definition of overcrowding
(1) A dwelling-house shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be overcrowded at any time when the number of persons sleeping in the house either—
(a) is such that any two of those persons, being persons ten years old or more of opposite sexes and not being persons living together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room ; or
(b) is, in relation to the number and floor area of the rooms of which the house consists, in excess of the permitted number of persons as defined in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
(2) In determining for the purposes of this section the number of persons sleeping in a house, no account shall be taken of a child under one year old, and a child who has attained one year and is under ten years old shall be reckoned as one-half of a unit.
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77 Definition of overcrowding
(1) A dwelling-house shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be overcrowded at any time when the number of persons sleeping in the house either—
(a) is such that any two of those persons, being persons ten years old or more of opposite sexes and not being persons living together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room ; or
(b) is, in relation to the number and floor area of the rooms of which the house consists, in excess of the permitted number of persons as defined in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
(2) In determining for the purposes of this section the number of persons sleeping in a house, no account shall be taken of a child under one year old, and a child who has attained one year and is under ten years old shall be reckoned as one-half of a unit.
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