Public Health Act, 1925 : 15 & 16 Geo. 5 Ch. 71.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1925]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public Health Act, 1925 : 15 & 16 Geo. 5 Ch. 71. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Extent of Act. 7 Edw. 7. Adoption by urban authoritice of Parts IT, to V. Application ‘of Parte JI. to V.in rural districts. by virtue of an adoption of that provision, or of an order of the Minister of Health. (5) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of one month after the passing thereof. 9.—(1) This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Northern Ireland, or, save as expressly provided in this Act, to the administrative county of London. (2) Parts II., IIT., IV. and V. of this Act are adoptive, and shall extend, in so far as they may be adopted, to any district for which they are adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided that, where powers are conferred on a county council by any section in Part IT. of this Act those powers may be exercised by the council without an adoption by them of the provisions of that section. (3) Part VI. of this Act shall extend to any area in which Part VI. of the Public Health Acts Amendment and may be applied to any district by an order of the Minister of Health in the same manner as Part VI. of the said Act of 1907 may be applied. (4) Part IX. of this Act shall extend to England and Wales inclusive of the administrative county of London. 3. Any urban authority may adopt all or any of the sections contained in Parts IT., III., IV. and V. of this Act: Provided that, where the district contains, according to the last. published census for the time being, a population of less than twenty thousand, the adoption by the council of that district of which are mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act ; or (6) any provision in Part V. of this Act ; shall not take effect until the consent of the Minister of Health has been obtained thereto, and such consent may be given by an order of the Minister and subject to such modifications, conditions or restrictions as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable. 4.—{1) A rural district council may adopt all or any of the provisions of Parts II., III. and IV. of this Act, except the sections in Parts IT. and III. of this Act which are mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act. 2