HL Deb 07 July 1947 vol 150 cc31-2

1 The rebuilding, as often as occasion may require, of any building which was in existence on the appointed day and of any building which was in existence before that day but has been destroyed or demolished since the seventh day of January, nineteen, hundred and thirty-seven (including the making good of war damage which has been sustained by any such building), so long as the cubic content of the original building is not exceeded by more than one-tenth.

2. The enlargement, improvement of other alteration, as often as occasion may require, of any such building as is mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, or any building substituted therefor by the carrying out of any such operations as are mentioned in that paragraph, so long as the cubic content of the original building is not increased or exceeded by more than one-tenth.

3. The carrying out, on land which was used for the purposes of agriculture on the appointed day, of any building or other operations required for the purposes of that use, other than operations for the erection, enlargement, improvement or alteration of dwelling-houses or of buildings used for the purposes of market gardens, nursery grounds or for other purposes not connected with general farming operations.

4. In the case of a building or other land which, before the appointed day, was used for a purpose falling within any general class specified in an order made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph, the use of that building or land for any other purpose falling within the same general class.

5. In the case of any building or other land which, on the appointed day, was in the occupation of a person by whom it was used as to part only for a particular purpose, the use for that purpose of any additional part of the building or land not exceeding one-tenth of the cubic content of the part of the building used for that purpose on the appointed day or, as the case may be, one tenth of the area of the land so used on that day.

6. In the case of any land which, on the appointed day, was being used for the deposit of waste materials or refuse in connection with the working of minerals, the use for that purpose of any additional part of the land so far as may be reasonably required in connection with the working of those minerals.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR moved to substitute for the heading of the Third Schedule the following: