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Public Health Act 1961

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

2Interpretation

(1)In this Act "the Minister" means the Minister of Housing and Local Government.

(2)Any reference in this Act to a parish council shall include a reference to the council of a borough included in a rural district.

(3)In this Act the expression " local authority ", except where the context otherwise requires, means the council of a borough or urban or rural district, and includes the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

(4)Any reference in this Act to the medical officer of health, or to a public health inspector, or to the surveyor, shall, in relation to premises in the district of a local authority, mean the medical officer of health, or a public health inspector, or the surveyor, of that local authority.

(5)Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be taken as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other Act, including this Act.

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