C1C2Part II Control of Disease
Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23, and 39-42): certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2
Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23, and 39-42): certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2
Common lodging–houses
39 Keeper of common lodging–house to notify case of infectious disease.
1
Where a person in a common lodging–house is suffering from any infectious disease, the keeper of the lodging–house shall immediately give notice of the case to the local authority for the district.
2
A keeper of a lodging–house who fails to comply with subsection (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale and to a further fine not exceeding £2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.
3
The local authority within whose district a common lodging–house is situated shall, if possible on the day on which they receive a notice under subsection (1) above and in any case within 48 hours after the receipt of the notice, send a copy of the notice to the F1Primary Care Trust orF2F3Local Health Board within whose area that lodging–house is situated.
Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23 and 39-42) modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8 (2)(3), Sch.2.
Pt. II (except ss. 11 and 12, 21-23 and 39-42) modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch.2