Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Matters to be considered in determining a house to be unfit for human habitation.

32.—Where it is required for the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts to determine whether a house is fit for human habitation, regard shall be had to the extent, if any, to which by reason of disrepair or sanitary defects the house falls short of the provisions of any bye-laws in operation in the district of the local authority in which such house is situate, or of the general standard of housing accommodation for the working classes in such district.