Housing Act 1961 (c. 65)

PART II Amendments of Housing Act, 1957

Reconditioning of condemned houses

25 Power to permit reconstruction of a house condemned under a demolition order

In subsection (1) of section twenty-four of the principal Act (under which a local authority may revoke a demolition order where an owner of a house submits proposals for its reconstruction, enlargement or improvement)—

(a) before the words " submits proposals" there shall be inserted the words " or any other person who in the opinion of the local authority is or will be in a position to put his proposals into effect ", and

(b) for the words " the said owner" there shall be substituted the words " the person submitting the proposals ".