Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Restriction of development of land in a clearance area.

9.—(1) When a clearance order has become operative no land to which the order applies shall be used for building purposes, or otherwise developed, except in accordance with such plans as the local authority may approve and subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as the local authority may think fit to impose.

(2) An owner who is aggrieved by a restriction or condition so imposed on the user of his land, or by a subsequent refusal of the local authority to cancel or modify any such restriction or condition, may at any time appeal to the Minister, who shall make such order in the matter as he thinks proper, and the Minister's decision shall be final.

(3) A person who commences, or causes to be commenced, any work in contravention of any plans approved or a restriction or condition imposed under this sub-section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, and to a further penalty not exceeding ten pounds in respect of each day during which the work exists in such a form and state as to contravene such plans, restriction or condition.