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Part IE+W The M1Public Health Act 1936

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X11E+WFor section 1 there shall be substituted the following section—

1(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to certain special authorities, districts and areas, it shall be the duty of the following authorities to carry this Act into execution, that is to say—

(a)in a county, the county council as respects certain matters and the district councils as respects all other matters, without prejudice, however, to the exercise by a parish or community council of any powers conferred upon such councils;

(b)in a London borough, the borough council;

(c)in the City of London, the Common Council; and

(d)in the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, the Sub-Treasurer and the Under Treasurer thereof respectively.

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X1The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

2E+WAny reference to an urban authority or rural authority shall be construed as a reference to a local authority.

3Proviso (a) to section 7(1) shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

4E+WWithout prejudice to paragraph 2 above, the following provisions, that is to say, sections F1. . . [F279, 80], F3. . ., 263 and 264 shall apply throughout the district of every local authority.

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X29(1)For sections 87(1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—E+W

(1)A county council, the Greater London Council, a local authority or a parish or community council may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, provide sanitary conveniences in proper and convenient situations.

(2)Any such council or authority shall not provide any such convenience in or under a highway or proposed highway for which they are not the highway authority without the consent of the highway authority.

(2)In section 87(3) for the words “a county council or local” there shall be substituted the words “ any such council or ”.

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X2The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 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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18E+WThe powers conferred by Part VIII on local authorities within the meaning of the M2Public Health Act 1936 shall be exercisable not only by such authorities but also by all local authorities within the meaning of this Act, whether or not they are local authorities within the meaning of that Act, and references in that Part to a local authority shall be construed accordingly.

Marginal Citations

19All directions in force under section 267(1)(c) immediately before 1st April 1974 shall cease to have effect.

20E+WAny reference in section 278 to a local authority shall include a reference to a county council F12. . ..

Textual Amendments

21Section 321 shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 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.

X322E+WIn section 343 for the definition of contributory place there shall be substituted the following definition:— “ “contributory place” means a rating district within the meaning of the General Rate Act 1967. ”.

Editorial Information

X3The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 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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