24Paving of yards and passages
The following section shall be substituted for section 56 of the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936—
“56Yards and passages to be paved and drained.
(1)If any court or yard appertaining to, or any passage giving access to, buildings to which this section applies is not so formed, flagged, asphalted or paved or is not provided with such works on, above, or below its surface, as to allow of the satisfactory drainage of its surface or subsoil to a proper outfall, the local authority may by notice require any person who is the owner of any of the buildings to execute all such works as may be necessary to remedy the defect.
(2)The buildings to which this section applies are houses and industrial and commercial buildings.
(3)The provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to appeals against and the enforcement of notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to any notice given under subsection (1) of this section.
(4)This section shall apply in relation to any court, yard or passage which is used in common by the occupiers of two or more houses, or a house and a commercial or industrial building but which is not a highway maintainable at the public expense.”.