Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Power of local authority to purchase cleared land which owners have failed to re-develop.

11.—(1) Where land has been cleared of buildings in accordance with a clearance order made under this Part of this Act, the local authority may, at any time after the expiration of eighteen months from the date on which the clearance order became operative, by resolution determine to purchase any part of that land which at the date of the passing of their resolution has not been, or is not in process of being, used for building purposes, or otherwise developed, by the owner thereof in accordance with plans approved by the local authority and any restrictions or conditions imposed under sub-section (1) of section 9 of this Act.

(2) A local authority shall deal with any land purchased by them under this section by sale, letting, or appropriation in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding section.