In the application of this Part of this Act in England and Wales, the following provisions of Part XII of the M1Public Health Act 1936 shall apply as if this Part of this Act were contained in that Act and as if any reference in that Act to a local authority were a reference to a local authority within the meaning of this Part of this Act, that is to say,—

(a)section 272 (power of councils to combine for purposes of Act);

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(c)section 275 (power of local authority to execute work on behalf of owners);

(d) . . . F1

(e)section 304 (judges and justices not to be disqualified by liability to rates);

(f)section 305 (protection of members and officers of local authorities from personal liability); and

(g)section 341 (power to apply provisions of Act to Crown property).