Manual on unfit houses and unhealthy areas / Ministry of Health.

Date:
1919
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Credit: Manual on unfit houses and unhealthy areas / Ministry of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX V. THE HOUSING ACTS (APPEAL PROCEDURE) RULES, 1919, MADE BY THE MINISTER OF . HEALTH WITH REFERENCE TO PROCEDURE ON APPEALS UNDER SECTION 39 OF THE HOUSING, Town PLANNING, &c., Act, 1909.* Tue MINISTER OF HEALTH, under the powers conferred on him by Section 39 of the Housing, Town * Planning, &c., Act, 1909, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby revokes the Rules with reference to appeals made by the Local Government Board on the 11th day of January, 1910, and makes the following Rules :— ARTICLE I.—These Rules may be cited as ‘‘ The Housing Acts (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 1919.” ARTICLE IT.—(1) An appeal to the Minister of Health under Part I. of the Housing, Town Planning, © &c. Act, 1909, shall be made by sending to the Minister a notice of appeal in the form prescribed by the Housing Acts (Form of Orders and Notices) Order, 1919, signed by the appellant or by his duly authcrised agent, together with the original notice, order, or demand appealed against or a true copy thereof. (2) The appellant shall notify the local authority forthwith of any appeal to the Minister of Health. (3) The appellant shall send to the Minister either with his notice of appeal,.or within fourteen days thereafter, a concise statement in writing of the facts and contentions on which he relies. (4) The appellant shall deposit with the Minister within fourteen days from the date of his notice of appeal the sum of ten pounds, provided that the Minister may, if he thinks fit, require the deposit of a less sum than ten pounds or may dispense with the deposit. : ARTICLE III.—The Minister shall, as soon as may be after receipt of the statement aforesaid, send to the local authority a copy of the notice of appeal and of the said statement. : ARTICLE IV.—The local authority shall, within ten days after the receipt by them of the said notifi- cation, inform the Minister whether and to what extent they admit the facts stated in the appellant’s documents, and shall send to the Minister a concise statement of the facts and contentions on which they rely. ARTICLE V.—-(1) The Minister may at any stage of the proceedings allow the amendment of any notice, statement, or particulars on such terms as he may think fit. (2) The Minister may at any time require the appellant or the local authority to furnish in writing such further particulars as he may think necessary. ARTICLE VI.—The Minister shall not dismiss any appeal without having first held a public local inquiry, unless the appellant has failed to prosecute his appeal with due diligence, in which event the Minister may determine the appeal summarily. Article VII.—The costs of any appeal, including the costs of any public local inquiry held in connection therewith, shall be in the discretion of the Minister, who may direct to and by whom and in what manner those costs or any part thereof shall be paid and may tax or settle the amount of costs to be so paid or any part thereof. Article VIII.—The Minister may, if he thinks fit, and subject to such conditions as he may impose, proceed with the consideration of any appeal notwithstanding, any failure or omission by any person to comply with any of the requirements of these Rules. Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Health, this Tenth day of October, in the year One thousand nine hundred and nineteen. ak I. G. GIBBON, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health. * These rules have been placed on sale, and copies of them may be obtained, either directly or through any bookseller, from His Majesty’s Stationery Office at tile following addresses :—Imperial House, K ingsway, London, W.C.2; 28, Abingdon Street, London, S.W.1; 37, Peter Street, Manchester ; and 1. St. Andvew’s Crescent, Cardiff. .