The London Port Health Authority Order 2024

Functions assigned to the London port health authority

4.—(1) The functions, rights and liabilities of a local authority and food authority under the enactments specified in the Schedule are assigned to the London port health authority in so far as they are applicable to a port health authority, and to any land, waters, premises, vessels or persons within its jurisdiction.

(2) For the purposes of the functions, rights and liabilities assigned to the London port health authority by this Order—

(a) the enactments specified in the Schedule have effect as if—

(i) any vessel lying within the jurisdiction of the London port health authority is a house, building or premises; and

(ii) the master or other officer or person in charge of the vessel is the occupier; and

(b) section 268(4) of the Public Health Act 1936(1) has effect as if a houseboat is a tent, van, shed or similar structure.

(3) This article does not apply to—

(a) any vessel belonging to His Majesty;

(b) any vessel engaged in the service of His Majesty, whether belonging to His Majesty or not; or

(c) any vessel belonging to the armed forces of any country to which the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952(2) apply by virtue of section 1(3) of that Act (countries to which Act applies).

(1)

1936 c. 49. Section 268(4) was amended by the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22), section 78 and Schedule 3.

(2)

1952 c. 67.

(3)

Section 1 was amended by the Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6), section 4(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 6; the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 (c. 60), section 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 4; the Cyprus Act 1960 (c. 52), section 3(2) and the Schedule; the Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55), section 3(4) and Schedule 2; the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16), section 3(3), Schedule 3; the Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 (c. 1), section 3(4), Schedule 2; the South Africa Act 1962 (c. 23), section 2(3), Schedule 5; the Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (c. 40), section 3(5) and Schedule 2; the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 (c. 54), section 3(4) and Schedule 2; the Uganda Independence Act 1962 (c. 57), section 3(4), Schedule 3; the Kenya Independence Act 1963 (c. 54), section 4(4), Schedule 2; the Zanzibar Act 1963 (c. 55), Schedule 1, paragraph 7; the Malawi Independence Act 1964 (c. 46), section 4(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 6; the Zambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 65), Schedule 1, paragraph 7; the Botswana Independence Act 1966 (c. 23), Schedule 1, paragraph 7; the Lesotho Independence Act 1966 (c. 24), Schedule 1, paragraph 7; the Singapore Act 1966 (c. 29), Schedule 1, paragraph 4; the Swaziland Independence Act 1968 (c. 56), Schedule 1, paragraph 7; the Tonga Act 1970 (c. 22), Schedule 1, paragraph 6; the Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 2), Schedule, paragraph 9; the New Hebrides Act 1980 (c. 16), Schedule 1, paragraph 4; the Bangladesh Act 1973 (c. 49), Schedule 1, paragraph 2; the Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c. 3), Schedule, paragraph 6; the Pakistan Act 1990 (c. 14), Schedule, paragraph 5; the Namibia Act 1991 (c. 4), Schedule, paragraph 4; the South Africa Act 1995 (c. 3), Schedule 1, paragraph 5(1); the Commonwealth Act 2002 (c. 39), Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1); S.I. 1978/1030, 1978/1899, 1979/917, 1980/701, 1981/1105 and 1983/882. There are other amending enactments, but none are relevant.