Where—
(a)the Minister has made an order under subsection (2) of section three hundred and twenty-two of the Public Health Act, 1936, declaring a council or joint board to be in default; and
(b)that council or board has failed to comply with any requirement thereof within the time limited thereby for compliance with that requirement; and
(c)the Minister is satisfied that that requirement is a requirement connected with the supply of water in, or with the sewerage or the disposal of the sewage of, a rural locality,
the power of the Minister under subsection (3) of that section shall extend to the making of an order transferring to himself functions of the body in default, notwithstanding that the body in default is such a body as is mentioned in paragraph (i) of that subsection.