Sanitary laws of Scotland and principles of public health : being a manual for county and burgh councillors, legal officials, medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors and all interested in public health / by W.J. Brock.

Date:
1905
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Sanitary laws of Scotland and principles of public health : being a manual for county and burgh councillors, legal officials, medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors and all interested in public health / by W.J. Brock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Wherever in this Act the expression legally qualified medical practitioner is used, it shall mean a registered medical practitioner qualified, as the case may be: The expression sanitary inspector' means a sanitary inspector appointed by the local authority^ under the Burgh Pohce (Scotland) Act, 1892,-' or under the Acts repealed by this Act or under this Act: The expressions veterinary surgeon and quahfied veterinary surgeon mean a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons: The word clerk includes acting clerk : The word parish means a parish quoad civilia exclusive of any burgh situated or partly situated therein : The word burgh includes not only royal burgh, parlia- mentary burgh, burgh incorporated by Act of Parlia- ment, but also any police burghwithin the meaning of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892 : [1] The word county means a county exclusive of any burgh, and does not include a county of a city: [1] The word district ** means the district of any local authority under this Act: [2] The expression district committee' means a district committee under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, and, subject to the provisions of section seventy- eight, sub-section three, of that Act, as amended by section nineteen, sub-section seven, of the Local Govern- ment (Scotland) Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 58), in the case of a county not divided into districts includes a county covmcil : The word magistrate ^ means a magistrate or judge having police jurisdiction under the Burgh Pohce (Scot- land) Act, 1892, or under any general or local Police Act: The word decree or decern includes any warrant, sentence, judgment, order, or interlocutor: The word premises includes lands, buildings, vehicles, tents, vans, structures of any kind, streams, lakes, sea- shore, drains, ditches, or places open, covered, or inclosed, whether built on or not, and whether public or private, and whether natural or artificial, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and any •1 5 15, pos(. 2 «. § 12, Jiost. 3 v.l 75, B P.A., p. m. 4 Comijare with definition in L.G.A., 1889, § 105, p. 162, and L.G.A., 1894 § 54, p. 166. v.%A (25), B.P.A., 1S02, p. 119. fi This term has a wider meaning than that in L.G.A., 1889, | 77, p. ICl. 7 V. § 17, L.G.A., 1889, p. 158, and § 19 (7), L.G.A., 1S94.