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Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897

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48Disinfection of bedding, &c.

(1)Any local authority may serve a notice on the owner, of any bedding, clothing, or other articles which have been exposed to the infection of any infectious disease, requiring the delivery thereof to an officer of the local authority for removal for the purpose of destruction or disinfection; and if any person fails to comply with such notice he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

(2)The bedding, clothing, and articles if so disinfected by the local authority, shall be brought back a ad delivered to the owner free of charge, and if any of them suffer any unnecessary damage, the authority shall compensate the owner for the same, and the authority shall also reasonably compensate the owner for any articles destroyed; and the amount of compensation shall be recoverable in a summary manner.

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