This Act shall apply to the Port of London and the City of London subject to the following modifications:—
(a)The sanitary authority of the Port of London as regards the district of that authority, and the Common Council of the City of London as regards the City of London, shall, to the exclusion of any other council, perform and exercise the duties and powers by this Act imposed and conferred on councils of counties, and county boroughs:
(b)The expenses of the Port of London sanitary authority and the Common Council incurred in the execution of this Act (including any expenditure incurred in the purchase of articles for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act) shall be defrayed out of the general rate of the City of London.