§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREI beg to move, n page 45, line 11, to leave out "demolished," and to insert "vacated."
142 The Amendment has been put down in order to fulfil a promise which was given to the hon. Member for Gillingham (Sir R. Gower). The Clause enables the owner with the consent of the local authority to develop his own property. For that purpose the local authority may give a certicate which is conclusive under the Rent Restrictions Acts from the point of view of suitable alternative accommodation. But Sub-section (2) of the Clause is so drafted that that certificate can be given only in respect of a demolished house. It may be that an owner who wished to re-devolop may reconstruct his house and not demolish it, and he may nevertheless require a certificate. It is to meet that point that I move this Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.