{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-154.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/34",
  "legislation_title": "Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/154",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "154",
  "heading": "Respecting existing contracts for building.",
  "text": "Nothing herein or in the special Act contained shall extend to avoid any agreement in writing entered into before the passing of the special Act for erecting or altering any building, but the same shall be performed with such alterations as may be rendered necessary by this or the special Act, and as if such alterations had been stipulated for in such agreement; and the difference between the cost of the work according to the agreement and the cost of such work as executed according to the provisions of this and the special Act shall be ascertained by the parties to the respective agreements, and paid for, or deducted, as the case may require; and if the said parties do not agree upon the amount of such difference, the same shall, on the request of either party (notice being given to the other), be decided by the surveyor to the commissioners, and for his trouble in making such decision each of the said parties shall pay to the said surveyor such sum not exceeding one pound, and to be disposed of for such purposes of the special Act as the commissioners shall direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/154",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:02.753043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}