(1)—(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(4)In this Act, the expression “local authority” means the council of a borough . . . F2 and the council of an urban or a rural district, and the council of a county . . . F3:
Provided that—
(a)where the Act is adopted by the council of a county the county medical officer of health shall be substituted for the medical officer of health of the district, and the expenses of the execution of the Act shall be paid as general county expenses or special county expenses, as the case requires; and
(b)if, where the Act has been adopted by the council of a county for any county district, the council of the district, or, where the Act has been adopted by the council of a county district for their district, the council of the county, subsequently apply to the Local Government Board to be made the authority for the purposes of this Act, the Board may, if they think fit, make an order declaring that the Act shall take effect as if it had been adopted by the council of the county district instead of the council of the county, or by the council of the county instead of the council of the county district, as the case may be, and on any such order being made the Act shall take effect in accordance with the order.
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7
F3Words repealed by Notification of Births (Extension) Act 1915 (c. 64), Sch. and S.I. 1970/211, Sch.
F4S. 2(5) repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7