The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown.

  • Bernard, William Cecil.
Date:
1891
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Credit: The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Petition.—Local Inquiry.—Upon compliance with the provisions as to advertisement and notices, the local authority must present to the confirming authority a petition, accompanied by a copy of the scheme and other details, for an order confirming the scheme [s. 8 (1), (2)]. If the confirming authority think fit to pro- ceed with the case, they must direct a local inquiry to take place in or near the area comprised in the scheme for the purposes and in the manner provided [ss. 8 (3), 17—19, 85]. Provisional Order and Confirming Act.—After re- ceiving the report made upon such inquiry, the con- firming authority may make a provisional order declar- ing the limits of the area comprised in the scheme, and authorising such scheme to be carried into execution [s. 8 (4)]. But such provisional order shall not be of any validity until it has been confirmed by Act of Parliament, which the confirming authority should obtain as soon as possible [s. 8 (6)]. The local autho- rity must serve in the manner specified a copy of such order upon certain persons affected thereby [s. 8 (5), and s. 7 (b), (c), (d)]. Costs, &c.—Provision is made in certain cases for the allowance of expenses to persons opposing the scheme, and for the incidence of charges, &c, in relation to the provisional order [s. 8 (7), (8), (9)] ; as also for the awarding of costs in connection with the Bill in Parlia- ment for confirming the provisional order [s. 9]. Execution of Scheme by Local Authority.—When the improvement scheme has been confirmed by Parliament, the local authority must proceed with it as soon as practicable [s. 12 (1)]. For this purpose they have