s 60 Payments in respect of well maintained houses
(1) Where as respects a house— (a) which is made the subject of a compulsory purchase order under this Part of this Act as being unfit for human habitation, or (b) which is made the subject of a clearance order, the Minister is satisfied, after causing the house to be inspected by an officer of his department, that it has been well maintained, the Minister may give directions for the making by the local authority of a payment in respect of the house under this section of such amount, if any, as is authorised by Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act. (2) A payment under this section shall be made— (a) if the house is occupied by an owner thereof, to him ; or (b) if the house is not so occupied, to the person or persons liable under any enactment, covenant or agreement to maintain and repair the house, and if more than one person is so liable, in such shares as the authority think equitable in the circumstances: Provided that, if any other person satisfies the local authority that the good maintenance of the house is attributable to a material extent to work carried out by him or at his expense, the local authority may, if it appears to them to be equitable in the circumstances, make the payment, in whole or in part, to him.