Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

Section 47.

SCHEDULE 6 Minor Amendments

Health

1 In subsection (1)(b) of section 3 of the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936 (jurisdiction, powers, etc. of port health authority) for the words from " contained " onwards there shall be substituted the words " relating to public health, waste disposal or the control of pollution, whether passed before or after, or contained in, this Act ".

2 In subsection (1)(c) of section 169 of that Act (provision for removal to hospital of persons suffering from notifiable disease where serious risk of infection) after the word " hospital" there shall be inserted the words " vested in the Secretary of State, ".

3 In section 160(3) of that Act (which provides in certain cases for the recovery of a sum in respect of disinfecting a public conveyance) for the words " in a summary manner" there shall be substituted the words " summarily as a civil debt ".

4 In section 267 of that Act (application to ships and boats of certain provisions of Act), in paragraph (a) of subsection (3), after the words " county, of the " there shall be inserted the words " port health authority or " ; and at the end of that section there shall be added the following subsection—

“(6) In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) above what provisions of this Act specified in subsection (4) above are provisions for the execution of which local authorities are responsible, no account shall be taken of any enactment (whether contained in this Act or not) relating to port health authorities or joint boards or to any particular port health authority or joint board or of any instrument made under any such enactment”.

5 In section 346(1)(c) of that Act (by virtue of which, among other things, an order, rule or regulation which was made under any enactment repealed by that Act but which could have been made under a corresponding provision of that Act has effect as if it had been made under that corresponding provision) after the word " regulation," there shall be inserted the word " byelaw, ".

6 In section 48(2)(b)(iii) of the [1968 c. 46.] Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (which requires a copy of a certificate to be sent in certain cases to the proper officer of the relevant port health authority constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936) the words " constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the Public Health Act 1936 " shall be omitted.

Planning

7 The [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 shall be amended—

(a) by inserting the words " and paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 to the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 " after the word " Act " in section 10(7); and

(b) in the provisions specified in the first column of the Table below, by substituting the corrected text set out in the third column for the portion of the text indicated in the second column.

TABLE

Provision of 1971 Act	Text to be corrected	Corrected text
Section 7(4)	(3)(a)	(1A)(a)
Section 15(3)	The words from the beginning to " the provisions of"	Subject to subsection (4) of this section and to section 15A of this Act,
Section 15A(6)	mentioned in subsection (4)	specified in subsection (7)
Section 15A(7)	(3) above	(6) of this section
Section 23(9)	served	issued
Section 177(2)(a)	88(1)	88(2)
Section 242(3)(f)	section 88(5)(a) of this Act	paragraph (a) of section 88B(1) of this Act or to discharge a condition or limitation under paragraph (b) of that subsection.
Section 242(3)(h)	The words from " under subsection (5)(a)" onwards.	to grant listed building consent under paragraph (a) of section 97A(4) of this Act or to discharge a condition or limitation under paragraph (b) of that subsection.
Schedule 4, paragraph 12(2)	15A(3)	15A(6)

Direct labour

8 (1) The following subsection shall be added at the end of section 21 of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (which exempts small direct labour organisations from the requirements of Part III of that Act)—

“(8) In this section " year " means a financial year.”.

(2) This paragraph extends to Scotland.