Part VII Miscellaneous and general
Administration and enforcement
55 General provisions as to enforcement.
1
It shall be the duty of the local authority to enforce—
a
the provisions of Parts I to III, section 33 and Part VI; and
b
the provisions of this Part so far as relating to those provisions;
but nothing in this section shall be taken as extending to the enforcement of any building regulations.
2
A local authority in England and Wales may institute proceedings for an offence under section 1 or 2 (prohibition of emissions of dark smoke) in the case of any smoke which affects any part of their district notwithstanding, in the case of an offence under section 1, that the smoke is emitted from a chimney outside their district and, in the case of an offence under section 2, that the smoke is emitted from premises outside their district.
3
Nothing in this section shall be taken as authorising a local authority in Scotland to institute proceedings for an offence against this Act.