PART IV SUB-STANDARD HOUSES
Housing action areas
89 Declaration of housing action areas for demolition.
1
Where a local authority are satisfied—
a
that the houses, or the greater part of the houses, in any area in their district do not meet the tolerable standard, and
b
that the most effective way of dealing with the area is to apply to the area the provisions of subsection (2),
they may cause the area to be defined on a map and pass a draft resolution declaring the area so defined to be a housing action area for demolition, that is to say, an area which is to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2).
2
A resolution passed under this section shall provide that a housing action area for demolition shall be dealt with by securing the demolition of all the buildings in the area but—
a
such an area shall not include the site of a building unless at least part of the building consists of a house which does not meet the tolerable standard;
b
there may be excluded from demolition any part of a building which is used for commercial purposes.
3
For the purposes of this section and the following two sections, a house in respect of which a closing order has been made and not determined shall be deemed to be a house which does not meet the tolerable standard.