Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885
1885 CHAPTER 72 48 and 49 Vict
An Act to amend the Law relating to Dwellings of the Working Classes.
[14th August 1885]
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C1Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (c. 22)
C2This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
C3Act repealed (S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
C4Act repealed (E.W.) (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 44, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VI Group 1
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F1Ss. 1, 2 repealed by Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (c. 70), Sch. 7
3 Provision respecting sites of certain metropolitan prisons. U.K.
In the event of the removal from their present sites of Millbank Penitentiary or Pentonville Penitentiary, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and subject to such conditions as they may think reasonable, and in the event of the removal from its present site of Coldbath Fields Prison, or House of Detention, Clerkenwell, it shall be lawful for the justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex if the justices think fit so to do, to sell and convey those protective sites or any part or parts thereof to the Metropolitan Board of Works, at a fair market price.
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C5The text of s. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F2Ss. 4–6 repealed by Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (c. 70), Sch. 7
Amendment of General Sanitary Law, &c.U.K.
7 General duty of local authority to enforce the law. U.K.
It shall be the duty of every local authority entrusted with the execution of laws relating to public health and local government to put in force from time to time as occasion may arise, the powers with which they are invested, so as to secure the proper sanitary condition of all premises within the area under the control of such authority.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6S. 7 repealed (E.W.) by Public Health (London) Act 1891 (c. 76), Sch. 4 and Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V
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Textual Amendments
F3Ss. 8–10 repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II and words in s. 9(1) expressed to be substituted (1.4.2012) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (N.I.) 2011 (c. 23), Sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 4
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Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 11–16, 18, Sch. repealed by Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (c. 70), Sch. 7
17 Short title.U.K.
This Act may be cited as the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885.
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F5Ss. 11–16, 18, Sch. repealed by Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (c. 70), Sch. 7
F6SCHEDULEU.K.
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Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 11–16, 18, Sch. repealed by Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (c. 70), Sch. 7