Local Government Act 1972

Part I E+W The M1 Public Health Act 1936

Marginal Citations

M1 1936 c. 49.

X1 1 E+W For section 1 there shall be substituted the following section—

“1 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to certain special authorities, districts and areas, it shall be the duty of the following authorities to carry this Act into execution, that is to say—

(a) in a county, the county council as respects certain matters and the district councils as respects all other matters, without prejudice, however, to the exercise by a parish or community council of any powers conferred upon such councils;

(b) in a London borough, the borough council;

(c) in the City of London, the Common Council; and

(d) in the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, the Sub-Treasurer and the Under Treasurer thereof respectively.”

Editorial Information

X1 The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

2 E+W Any reference to an urban authority or rural authority shall be construed as a reference to a local authority.

3 Proviso (a) to section 7(1) shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

4 E+W Without prejudice to paragraph 2 above, the following provisions, that is to say, sections F1 . . . [F2 79, 80], F3 . . ., 263 and 264 shall apply throughout the district of every local authority.

Textual Amendments

F1 “41, 46,” repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(2), Sch. 7

F2 Words repealed (prosp.) by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

F3 Words repealed by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. III

F4 5–7 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 14 paras. 5–7 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

F5 8 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 14 para. 8 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40, SIF 46:4), s. 109(2), Sch. 4

X2 9 (1) For sections 87(1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections:— E+W

“(1) A county council, the Greater London Council, a local authority or a parish or community council may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, provide sanitary conveniences in proper and convenient situations.

(2) Any such council or authority shall not provide any such convenience in or under a highway or proposed highway for which they are not the highway authority without the consent of the highway authority.”

(2) In section 87(3) for the words “a county council or local” there shall be substituted the words “ any such council or ”.

Editorial Information

X2 The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

F6 10 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 14 para. 10 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(2), Sch. 7

F7 11 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 14 para. 11 repealed by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. III

F8 12 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 14 para. 12 repealed by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. III

F9 13, 14. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 14 paras. 13, 14 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), ss. 78, 79, Sch. 3

F10 15, 16. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 14 paras. 15, 16 repealed by Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22, SIF 100:1), s. 78, Sch. 3

F11 17 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 14 paras. 17, 48 repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 5

18 E+W The powers conferred by Part VIII on local authorities within the meaning of the M2 Public Health Act 1936 shall be exercisable not only by such authorities but also by all local authorities within the meaning of this Act, whether or not they are local authorities within the meaning of that Act, and references in that Part to a local authority shall be construed accordingly.

Marginal Citations

M2 1936 c. 49.

19 All directions in force under section 267(1)(c) immediately before 1st April 1974 shall cease to have effect.

20 E+W Any reference in section 278 to a local authority shall include a reference to a county council F12 . . ..

Textual Amendments

F12 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17

21 Section 321 shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

X3 22 E+W In section 343 for the definition of contributory place there shall be substituted the following definition:— “ “contributory place” means a rating district within the meaning of the General Rate Act 1967. ”.

Editorial Information

X3 The text of Sch. 14 paras. 1, 3, 9, 21, 22, 33–36, 44, 49 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.