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in the approval of the design, construction and situation of

every exceptional building. The reference to situation is

meant, for instance, to give the Building Authority power to

refuse to allow a highly inflammable building to be erected in

dangerous proximity to other buildings.

18. Section 8 of this Ordinane enacts

ts a new section 98

which gives the Governor in Council power to make regulations

governing the design, construction and situation of exceptional

buildings generally. The present intention is that under this

power the London County Council Reinforced Concrete Regulations

will be introduced here with the necessary modifications, so

scon as time can be found to adapt them throughout indėtail.

Until that is done the Building Authority proposes to use his

discretion under the new section 97 in accordance with the

London County Council Regulations, 30 far as possible.

19.

There was nodefinition of the meaning of the word

"re-erection" in section 180 of the principal Ordinance, but

it has always been assumed that when a domestic building i

altered so as to make the resulting structure a new building

within the meaning of paragraph (39) of section 6 of the Ordi-

nance the domestic building in question is to be deemed to have

been re-erected. This is expressly provided in the new sub-

section added by section 10 of this Ordinance. That sub-section

also provides that re-erection shall include every alteration

which makes the resulting building or any part thereof an ex-

ceptional building.

20.

The third object of this Ordinance is to make some

minor amendments relating to water closets and water-flushed

urinals. This subject is dealt with in section 9.

21.