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Consent of local authority to erection and use of buildings.
7 Edw. 7. c. 53.
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21.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any building byelaws a local authority may, during a period of three years from the passing of this Act, consent to the erection and use for human habitation of any buildings erected, or proposed to be erected, in accordance with any regulations made by the Local Government Board.
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(2) The local authority may attach to their consent any conditions which they may deem proper with regard to the situation, sanitary arrangements, and protection against fire of such buildings, and may fix, and from time to time extend, the period during which such buildings shall be allowed to be used for human habitation.
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(3) If any person feels aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of the local authority to give consent or by the conditions on which such consent is given, or as to the period allowed for the use of such buildings for human habitation, he may appeal to the Local Government Board, whose decision shall be final, and shall have effect as if it were the decision of the local authority: Provided that the Board may, before considering any such appeal, require the appellant to deposit such sum, not exceeding ten pounds, to cover the cost of appeal as may be fixed by rules to be made by them.
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(4) Section twenty-seven of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, shall not apply to any buildings to which this section applies.
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Miscellaneous.
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