Public Health Act 1875

171 Incorporation of certain provisions of 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89.

The provisions of the Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to the following matters, (namely,)

(1) With respect to obstructions and nuisances in the streets ; and

(2) With respect to fires ; and

(3) With respect to places of public resort ; and

(4) With respect to hackney carriages ; and

(5) With respect to public bathing ;

shall, for the purpose of regulating such matters in urban districts, be incorporated with this Act.

The expression in the provisions so incorporated " the superintendent constable," and the expression " any constable or other officer appointed by virtue of this or the special Act," shall, for the purposes of this Act. respectively include any superintendent of police, and any constable or officer of police acting for or in the district of any urban authority ; and the expression " within the prescribed distance " shall for the purposes of this Act mean within any urban district.

Notwithstanding anything in the provisions so incorporated, a license granted to the driver of any hackney carriage in pursuance thereof shall be in force for one year only from the date of the license, or until the next general licensing meeting where a day for such meeting is appointed.