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Public Health Act 1961

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I General

    1. 1.Construction

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Extent

  3. PART II Sanitation and Buildings

    1. Building regulations

      1. 4.Power to make building regulations

      2. 5.Application to building regulations of statutory provisions concerning building byelaws

      3. 6.Relaxation of building regulations

      4. 7.Appeal against refusal by local authority to relax building regulations

      5. 8.Advertisement of proposal to relax building regulations

      6. 9.Consultation with Building Regulations Advisory Committee and other bodies

      7. 10.Minor amendments

      8. 11.Building regulations: transitionals and consequential amendments

    2. Sewers, drains and sanitary conveniences

      1. 12.Contribution to cost of sewering highway

      2. 13.Contribution to cost of sewer in land subsequently laid out as street

      3. 14.Evasion of liability to contribute under two last foregoing sections

      4. 15.Recovery of cost of maintaining public sewers

      5. 16.Examination and testing of drains

      6. 17.Summary power to remedy stopped-up drains

      7. 18.Power to repair drains and private sewers

      8. 19.Disconnection of drains

      9. 20.Fine for improper construction or repair of water closets or soil pipes

      10. 21.Closet accommodation for separate dwellings

      11. 22.Power to cleanse or repair drains

      12. 23.Loan of temporary sanitary conveniences

    3. Buildings and structures

      1. 24.Section 58 of Public Health Act, 1936, to apply to buildings constituting a danger to persons in streets

      2. 25.Emergency measures to deal with dangerous buildings

      3. 26.Defective premises

      4. 27.Ruinous and dilapidated buildings and neglected sites

      5. 28.New building overreaching adjacent chimneys

      6. 29.Powers of local authority in relation to demolitions

      7. 30.Cellars and rooms below subsoil water level

      8. 31.Food storage accommodation in new houses

      9. 32.Food storage accommodation in existing houses

      10. 33.Provision of bathrooms

    4. Accumulations of rubbish

      1. 34.Accumulations of rubbish

    5. Filthy or verminous premises or articles

      1. 35.Filthy or verminous premises

      2. 36.Power to require vacation of premises during fumigation

      3. 37.Prohibition of sale of verminous articles

  4. PART III Prevention and Notification of Disease

    1. 38.Power of justice to order a medical examination

    2. 39.Information to be furnished by occupier in case of notifiable disease or food poisoning

    3. 40.Exclusion of children from places of entertainment or assembly

    4. 41.Compensation for stopping employment to prevent spread of disease

    5. 42.Inducements to children offered by dealers in rags and old clothes

  5. PART IV Streets and Public Places

    1. Streets

      1. 43.Guard rails in private streets

      2. 44.Barriers in streets

      3. 45.Attachment of street lamps to buildings

      4. 46.Forecourts abutting on streets

      5. 47.Urgent repairs to private streets

      6. 48.Pavement lights and ventilators

      7. 49.Use by local authorities of vehicles and appliances on footways and bridleways

      8. 50.New streets: separate sewers for foul water and surface water

      9. 51.Refuse and litter bins

    2. Parks and open spaces

      1. 52.Management of parks and pleasure grounds

      2. 53.Closing of parks and pleasure grounds

      3. 54.Boating pools and lakes

  6. PART V Trade Effluents

    1. Exemptions under Act of 1937

      1. 55.Charges in cases exempted under s. 4 of Act of 1937

      2. 56.Withdrawal of exemptions after two years' disuse

      3. 57.Installation of inspection chambers and meters on exempted premises

    2. Trade effluents byelaws

      1. 58.Withdrawal of power to make byelaws under Act of 1937

    3. Conditions attached to consents

      1. 59.Conditions which may be attached to consents under Act of 1937

      2. 60.Power to vary conditions

      3. 61.Appeals under s. 3 of Act of 1937

      4. 62.Postponement of right to discharge trade effluents in special cases

    4. Farming, scientific research and other special cases

      1. 63.Effluents from farms and premises used for scientific research

      2. 64.Power to extend Act of 1937 to other effluents

      3. 65.Laundries

    5. Supplemental

      1. 66.Appeals to the Minister

      2. 67.Recording and testing of trade effluents

      3. 68.Restriction of disclosure of information

      4. 69.Explanation of Act of 1937

      5. 70.Copies of directions by local authorities to be available to the public

      6. 71.Amendment of s. 22 of London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1953

  7. PART VI Miscellaneous

    1. 72.Discharge of steam

    2. 73.Derelict petrol tanks

    3. 74.Power to reduce numbers of pigeons and other birds in built-up areas

    4. 75.Byelaws as to pleasure fairs and roller skating rinks

    5. 76.Byelaws as to seaside pleasure boats

    6. 77.Byelaws as to hairdressers and barbers

    7. 78.Water supply to houses

    8. 79.Discontinuance of reports regarding canal boats

    9. 80.Meaning of "refreshment-house" in s. 89 of Public Health Act, 1936

    10. 81.Summary recovery of damages for negligence

  8. PART VII Supplemental

    1. 82.Power to amend local Acts

    2. 83.Saving for law relating to ancient monuments and for planning law

    3. 84.Extension of certain references to Public Health Acts

    4. 85.Expenses

    5. 86.Short title, commencement and repeals

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Building Regulations

      1. PART I Relaxation for Existing Work

        1. Interpretation

          1. 1.This Part of this Schedule applies to any direction under...

        2. Cases where no direction may be given

          1. 2.Neither the Minister nor a local authority shall give a...

        3. Suspension of certain provisions while an application is pending

          1. 3.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, after...

          2. 4.Sub-paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (3) and sub-paragraph (4) of the last...

        4. Saving for criminal liability incurred before making of application

          1. 5.The giving of a direction to which this Part of...

        5. Termination of proceedings under section 65 of Act of 1936 on giving of a direction

          1. 6.If before the giving of a direction to which this...

      2. PART II Transitional Provisions

        1. 7.Section sixty-eight of the Public Health Act, 1936 (which provides...

        2. 8.(1) Any building byelaw in force immediately before the appointed...

        3. 9.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a local...

        4. 10.The amendments made by section five of this Act and...

        5. 11.Subsection (2) of section ten of this Act shall not...

      3. PART III Consequential Amendments

        1. The Restriction of Ribbon Development Act, 1935 25 & 26 Geo. 5. c.47

        2. The Public Health Act, 1936 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49

        3. The Civil Defence Act, 1939 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 31

        4. The Clean Air Act, 1956 4. & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52

        5. The Housing Act, 1957 5. & 6 Eliz. 2 c. 56

        6. The Highways Act, 1959 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Supplementary Provisions concerning Sewerage Contributions

      1. Establishment of actual and estimated cost per yard of sewer

        1. 1.(1) As soon as may be after a resolution has...

        2. 2.(1) Any person on whom a notice is served under...

      2. Recovery of payments

        1. 3.(1) Whenever a payment becomes recoverable in respect of any...

        2. 4.The rate of interest chargeable under the last foregoing paragraph...

        3. 5.The payment recoverable in respect of any premises together with...

      3. Interpretation

        1. 6.(1) A building shall be deemed to be erected after...

        2. 7.(1) References to premises on which a building is erected...

      4. Proof of publication of resolutions

        1. 8.Publication of a notice of a resolution for the purposes...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Consents Required for Execution of Certain Works in Streets

      1. 1.In this Schedule " the authority " means the county...

      2. 2.The authority shall not carry out any works to which...

      3. 3.Any consent required by this Schedule in respect of any...

      4. 4.Any dispute between the authority and a person whose consent...

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Attachment of Street Lighting Equipment to Certain Buildings

    5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      ENACTMENTS REPEALED

      1. PART I Repeals Consequent on Building Regulation Provisions

      2. PART II Other Repeals

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