Public health, England and Wales : the public health (infective jaundice) regulations 1968.
- United Kingdom
- Date:
- 1968
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Public health, England and Wales : the public health (infective jaundice) regulations 1968. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1968 No. 861 PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES The Public Health (Infective Jaundice) Regulations 1968 Made - - - 29th May 1968 Laid before Parliament Tth June 1968 Coming into Operation 15th June 1968 The Minister of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 143 and 283 of the Public Health Act 1936(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations :— Title and commencement 1. These regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Infective Jaundice) Regulations 1968, and shall come into operation on 15th June 1968. Interpretation 2.—(1) In these regulations— “the Act” means the Public Health Act 1936; “local authority” means the council of a borough, urban district or rural district and the Common Council of the City of London ; and “district”? means the district of a local authority. (2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these regulations and the regulations hereby revoked were Acts of Parlia- ment. (3) References in these regulations to the provisions of any enactment shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as references to those provisions as amended or re-enacted by any subsequent enactment. Enforcement 3. These regulations shall be enforced and executed in every district by the local authority thereof. Copies of the regulations to be sent to medical practitioners 4, Every local authority shall send a copy of these regulations to each medical practitioner who after due enquiry is ascertained to be practising within their district. Provisions of the Public Health Acts applied to infective jaundice _ 5. The provisions of Part V of the Act and of Part III of the Public Health Act 1961(c) which are specified in Part I of schedule 1 to these regulations shall apply to infective jaundice ; and section 144 of the Act (which relates to the notification of disease) shall so apply as modified and set out in Part II of that schedule. (a) 1936 c. 49. (b) 1889 c. 63. (c) 1961 c. 64. : [M.H. 811]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32185327_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
