The handbook of public health : a complete edition of the public health and other sanitary Acts relating to Scotland / annotated, and with the rules, instructions and decisions of the Board of Supervision brought up to date, and relative forms ; by John Skelton.

  • Skelton, John, Sir, 1831-1897.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The handbook of public health : a complete edition of the public health and other sanitary Acts relating to Scotland / annotated, and with the rules, instructions and decisions of the Board of Supervision brought up to date, and relative forms ; by John Skelton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    increased facilities fat the re mora] of nuiaancea, for Uw nvulaliou uf lodrim;- house*, fur the construction uf M-»rr», for the supply uf wholes, .toe water, fur the providing uf local hospitals, and fur the a.«!■ j *i n uf other uiwiurai iwlouUlod to prevent ur initiate diMMt.— H. Cirt. of Uk Sn4. 1W7. Art <l'xt not rt-juirr to U adopM.—Some L.A. • *eem to he of opinion that the Act doe* nut take effect in their respective district* until they resolve to adopt it. 'Mii* is a mistake. The provisions of Uie Art are operative- and hinding in every parish and district in Scotland, irrespective of anr resolution of the L.A.—B. Cirt. 0/I6M Ike. 18<M». Amenttin;/ Arts.—These du not affect the principles of the original Act ; they merely modify or extend its provisions.—See these Acts infra. Local Uorcrnment Art.— The chief efTect of the L.G. Act is to change the body which administers the I' M. Act in parishes. The general |«vrision» of the RJEL Act arc not materially affected, the last paragraph of | 11 of the L.O. Act expressly declaring that the AcU transferred shall remain in full force and effect, except iu mi far as they are rci«aled by or are inconsistent with the pro- visions of the L.G. Act. 2. From and after the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the Nuisances Removal (Scot* land) Act, 1856, except Part V. thereof, sections 441 to 447, both inclusive, of the General Police and Improvement (Scot- land) Act, 1862, and also the Sewage Utilization Act, 1865, and the Sanitary Act, 1866, so far as these two last-mentioned Acts apply to Scotland, are repealed: Provided always, that all proceedings commenced or taken under the said AcU or any of them, in so far as hereby repealed, and not yet com- pleted, may be proceeded with under tin- said Acts or any <>f them, or under this Act; and all Orders in Council, and all directions and regulations issued by the Hoard of Supervision under the said Acts or any of tliem, and all appoiutmenta made, and all contracts or works undertaken, and generally all claims, rights, and liabilities, civil or criminal, constituted or existing under the said Acts, before the passing of this Act. with the remedies and proceedings applicable thereto under the said Acts or this Act, shall continue ami be as effectual as if the said Acts had not been repealed ; and where in any enactments of any Act, general or local, which shall continue in force after the commencement of this Act, any of the Acts nr parts uf Acts hereby repealed is cited or referred to, such enactments shall be interpreted as if this Act were cited or referred to therein, and as if the provisions of this Act were substituted for the provisions hereby ri pealed. Nuitanrn flrmmnl Act.—Part V. of this Act, comprising §S 60-70, referred to tho sanitary condition uf towns, and was rc]>calcd bv § 1 of the General Police A. I, ls'<;-.'. Urnrml I'olirt Art. — §§ 441-447 contained amendments of Uie Nuisances Kcuioval Act, which are HU)icrscded by the provision* of the P.H. Act. Sctcage Utilisation AH, dr.—The Sewage ruination Act, 1S65, and the Sani- tary Act, 1866, so far as they apply to Scotland, arc re|«calcd ; Glen's statement