The London Building Acts 1894 to 1905 : (57 & 58 Victoria, cap. CCXIII; 61 & 62 Victoria, cap. CXXXVII. 5 Edwardus VII. cap CCIX.) : with copious index, notes, cross references, legal decisions and diagrams, also the bylaws and regulations / edited by Bernard Dicksee.

Date:
1906
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Credit: The London Building Acts 1894 to 1905 : (57 & 58 Victoria, cap. CCXIII; 61 & 62 Victoria, cap. CXXXVII. 5 Edwardus VII. cap CCIX.) : with copious index, notes, cross references, legal decisions and diagrams, also the bylaws and regulations / edited by Bernard Dicksee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Division walls to be subject to provisions of principal Act relating to party walls. Copy of plans and particulars approved by Council to be furnished to District Surveyor. Tenuity for failure to comply with con- ditions. [19. The provisions of the principal Act, with respect to party walls, shall extend and apply to such division walls as are referred to in this Part of this Act. Provided that, in the case of any such division wall, the Council may, it they think fit, consent to such departure as they may consider expedient from such of the said provisions as are contained in Part VI. of and the First Schedule to the principal Act.] The provisions of the principal Act with respect to party walls are contained in Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, secs. 54 (3), 56 (1), 56 (3), 59 (1) and (2), 60, 208, and 209. The provisions of this Act with respect to party walls, which are contained in sec. 18, are specially by that section made applic- able to ‘ division walls.’ See sec. 20. [20. A copy of any plans and particulars approved by the Council under this Part of this Act shall be furnished by the Council to the District Surveyor within whose district the building to which such plans and particulars relate is situate.] See secs. 17 (2) (3), 18 (1) (2) (3) and 19. Similar previsions are contained in Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, sec. 82 (5) with respect to iron and special buildings, and in Lond. Bldg. Acts (Am.) Act, 1905, sec. 16 (2) with respect to means of escape required by the Council. It is the duty of the District Surveyor to enforce all the special provisions and' variations approved by the Council in the same manner as though thev were definite rules in the Act. See Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, secs. 138, 146, 148, 151, 152, and 153. [21. Any person failing to comply with any term or condition im- posed by the Council in giving any consent under this Part of this Act, or failing to maintain in an efficient condition any doors, sliding doors, shutters, styles, or rails, or bolts, or other fastenings, as required under this Part of this Act shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 pounds, and to a daily penalty not exceeding the like amount.] For the Council’s power to annex conditions when giving any consent see Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, sec. 190. The penalty fer neglecting to comply with the conditions imposed was, under tho Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, sec. 200 (10), £10. Under the Lond. Bldg. Act, 1894, there was no penalty specified for neglecting to maintain party wall doors. For general penalty clause see Lo..d. Bldg. Act, 1894, s^c. 200 (11) j.