[F2The Secretary of State] may, on the application of the local authority of any district, by provisional order, wholly or partially repeal alter or amend any local Act, other than an Act for the conservancy of rivers, which is in force in any area comprising the whole or part of any such district, and not conferring powers or privileges on any persons or person for their or his own pecuniary benefit, which relates to the same subject matters as this Act.
Any such provisional order may provide for the extension of the provisions of the local Act referred to therein beyond the district or districts within the limits of such Act, or for the exclusion of the whole or a portion of any such district from the application of such Act; and may provide what local authority shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act in any area which is by such order included in or excluded from such district.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 303 repealed (a) in so far as it applies to any local enactment relating to water supply by Water Act 1945 (c. 42), s. 62, Sch. 5 and (b) in so far as it applies to any matter to which Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31) relates by that 1963 Act, s. 63(3); extended by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 317 and Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 289; restricted (Greater London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 87(7); amended by S.I. 1962/409, art. 3
F2Words substituted by virtue of Ministry of Health Act 1919 (c. 21), s. 3(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1, S.I. 1951/142 (1951 I, p. 1348), arts. 3, 5(2), Sch. Pt. I, 1951/1900 (1951 I, p. 1347), art. 1, (W.) 1965/319, arts. 2(1), 10(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 303 extended by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 9 para. 3(1)
Textual Amendments
