Part VE+W

MiscellaneousE+W

54 Instruction about health and disease.E+W

The council of a non–metropolitan county or a local authority may arrange for the publication within their area of information on questions relating to health or disease, and for the delivery of lectures and the display of pictures or cinematograph films in which such questions are dealt with, and may defray the whole or a part of the expenses incurred for any of the purposes of this section.

55 Inducements offered by dealers in rags and old clothes.E+W

(1)No person who collects or deals in rags, old clothes or similar articles, and no person assisting or acting on behalf of any such person, shall—

(a)in or from any shop or premises used for or in connection with the business of a dealer in any such articles, or

(b)while engaged in collecting any such articles,

sell or deliver, whether gratuitously or not—

(i)any article of food or drink to any person, or

(ii)any article whatsoever to a person under the age of 14 years.

(2)In subsection (1)(ii) above, “article” includes any animal, fish, bird or other living thing.

(3)A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

F156 Tents, vans, sheds and similar structures.E+W

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Textual Amendments

F1S. 56 omitted (27.1.2010) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act (c. 28), Sch. 6 para. 3; S.I. 2010/112, art. 2(g)