Public Health Act 1936

79 Power to require removal of noxious matter by occupier of premises in urban district.

(1) If in a borough or urban district, or in a rural district or contributory place in which section forty-nine of the Public Health Act, 1875, was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, it appears to the sanitary inspector that any accumulation of noxious matter ought to be removed, he shall serve notice on the owner thereof, or on the occupier of the premises on which it is found, requiring him to remove it, and, if the notice is not complied with within twenty-four hours after service thereof, the inspector may remove the matter referred to.

(2) A local authority may recover the expenses of any action reasonably taken by their inspector under the preceding subsection from the owner or occupier in default.