163Power of court to authorise owner to execute works on default of another owner
(1)If it appears to a magistrates' court, on the application of any owner of a house in respect of which a notice requiring the execution of works has been served under Part II of this Act, or a demolition order or a clearance order has been made, that owing to the default of any other owner of the house in executing any works required to be executed on the house, or in demolishing the house, the interests of the applicant will be prejudiced, the court may make an order empowering the applicant forthwith to enter on the house, and, within a period fixed by the order, execute the said works or demolish the house, as the case may be; and where it seems to the court just so to do, the court may make a like order in favour of any other owner.
(2)Before an order is made under this section, notice of the application shall be given to the local authority.