Housing (Amendment) Act, 1946

Restrictions on increase of valuation in certain cases.

5.—(1) Where—

(a) a house has been built or reconstructed with the aid of a grant under the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1944,

(b) the county medical officer of health or medical superintendent officer of health acting for the area in which the house is situated certifies that a member of the household of the house is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis for which he is undergoing treatment and that the accommodation of the house prior to the provision of the extra room referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection was inadequate for his proper treatment or for his segregation from the other members of the household, and

(c) it is certified—

(i) that an extra room has been provided in or attached to the house,

(ii) that the provision of the extra room has been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner, and

(iii) that a grant has not been obtained under section (3) of this Act in relation to the extra room,

the valuation of the hereditament or tenement consisting of or including the house shall not, on any valuation or revision of the valuation thereof coming into force within seven years after the completion of such provision, be increased on account of any increase in the value of the hereditament or tenement arising from the provision of the extra room.

(2) In paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, the word “certified” means, in relation to the matters specified in that paragraph, certified by an officer appointed by the Minister to certify those matters or, in the case of an appeal to the Minister from a refusal by the officer so to certify, by the Minister.

(3) A person aggrieved by the refusal of an officer appointed under this section by the Minister to certify the matters referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section may appeal against the refusal to the Minister, and on the appeal the Minister may, as he thinks proper, either confirm the refusal or give the certificate which was refused, and the decision of the Minister on the appeal shall be final and conclusive.