The law relating to public health : being the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, and Amending Acts of 1871, 1875, and 1882 : annotated with special reference to the changes introduced by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, with numerous decisions, Scotch and English, a copious index, and appendices containing practical forms and relative statutes / by J. Eaton Dykes and Dudley Stuart.
- Date:
- 1890
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The law relating to public health : being the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, and Amending Acts of 1871, 1875, and 1882 : annotated with special reference to the changes introduced by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, with numerous decisions, Scotch and English, a copious index, and appendices containing practical forms and relative statutes / by J. Eaton Dykes and Dudley Stuart. 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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![notwithstanding any consent of the Local Government Board, be at rbe'y to o^^^^^^^ before the sanitary authority to Buch proceeding bein ' taken and such authority shall, if required m writing by such Sn affi-Hini an opporJunity of being heard against such SSeekt^beiug taken, so^ far as the same relate to his works or manufacturinc^ processes The sanitary authority shall thereupon Xw sulr S-n to be heard by himself, agents, and witnesses and after inquiry such authority shall determine, having ^egaul to a I the considerations to which the Local Government Board are by this section directed to have regard, whether such proceedings, as afore- said, shall or shall not be taken; and where any such sanitary authority has taken proceedings under this Act, it shall not be cora- ipetent to other sanitary authorities to take proceedings under this Act till the party against whom such proceedings are intended sliall have failed in reasonable time to carry out the order of any com- ])etent court under this Act. 6-8. PART IV. Administration of Law. 7. Every sanitary or other local authority having sewers under s^y^j'Xrr' their control shall give facilities for enabling manufacturers within their district to carry the liquids proceeding from their factories or manufacturing processes into such sewers : Provided that this section shall not extend to compel any sanitary or other local authority to admit into their sewers any liquid which would prejudicially affect such sewers or the disposal by sale, application to land, or otherwise, of the sewage matter conveyed along such sewers, or which would from its temperature or otherwise be injurious in a sanitary point of view : Provided, also, that no sanitary authority shall be required to give such facilities, as aforesaid, where the sewers of such authority are only sufficient for the requirements of their district, nor where such facilities would interfere with any order of any court of competent jurisdiction respecting the sewage of such authority. 8. Every sanitary authority shall, subject to the restrictions in this Act contained, have power to enforce the provisions of this Act in relation to any stream being within, or passing through, or by any part of their district, and for that purpose to institute proceedings in respect of any offence against this Act which causes interference with the due flow within their district of any such stream, or the pollution within their district of any such stream, against any other sanitary authority or person, whether such offence is committed within or without the district of the first-named sanitary authority. Any expenses incurred by a sanitary authority in the execution of this Act shall be payable as if they were expenses properly ity to afford facilities for fac- tories draining into sewers. Power of sanitary authority to enforce Act.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21920576_0235.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
