Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. 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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    or agent for any other person, or who would receive Sec. the same if such jiroperty were let to a tenant. An action was brought up under the following circum- stances :—It appeai’ed that the house to which the privy belonged, and which was the nuisance complained of, was let by A to B for a term of years at a rack rent, and that 0 received the rent reserved by the lease as agent for A. B occupied the entrance or shop floor only, having underlet to D the residue of the premises, includmg the privy, as a yearly tenant at a rack rent. It was held that C was not the owner of the premises within the meaning of the statutes, as he did not receive the rent paid by the occupier D, of the premises in which the nuisance arose. If a nuisance continues after the time specified in 95 the notice for its removal, or if in the 02iinion of the L.A. it is likely to recur on the same iiremises, the LA. may make a com^ilaint before a J.P., who shall issue a summons requiring the ^lerson served with the notice to aj^iear before a Court of Summary Jurisdic- tion. The court, if satisfied that the alleged nuisance 95 exists, or is likely to recur, may make an order dealing with the nuisance, and im^iose in the order for abate- ment a jienalty of £5 and costs, and this penalty may be imposed although the order has not been disobeyed. If a nuisance, in the o])inion of the 00111!;, is such as to 07 render a house unfit for human habitation, they may jirohibit its use, and subsequently determine their order by another declaring the house habitable when rendered so. There is a clause in the Metropolitan Water Act, 1871, which has inqiortant bearing on this section, and is as follows :—If a waterworks conq)auy
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