Where at the commencement of this Act there is in existence a building to the erection of which a local authority have given their consent either under section twenty-seven of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, or under section twenty-five of the Housing, Town Planning, &c, Act, 1919, the local authority may under this section extend the period fixed by them, either originally or by way of extension, as the period during which the building may be allowed to stand or, as the case may be, may be allowed to be used for human habitation, and any person aggrieved by their refusal to extend any such period may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction.
The owner of any such building shall, on the expiration of the period fixed, or, as the case may be, of that period as extended, remove the building if it was erected under the said Act of 1907 or discontinue its use for human habitation if it was erected under the said Act of 1919, and, if he fails to do so, the local authority shall remove the building and may recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing, and without prejudice to the right of the authority to exercise that power he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and to a further fine not exceeding five pounds for each day during which the building is allowed to remain, or, as the case may be, is allowed to be used for human habitation after the conviction.