There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Public Health Act 1875, Cross Heading: 24 & 25 Vict. c. 61, s. 21..
Urban authorities may repair fences surrounding burial grounds.
Any urban authority . . . F1 may from time to time repair and uphold the fences surrounding any burial ground which has been discontinued as such within their jurisdiction, or take down such fences and substitute others in lieu thereof, and shall from time to time take the necessary steps for preventing the desecration of such burial ground and placing it in a proper sanitary condition; and they may from time to time pass byelaws (subject to the provisions of this Act) for the preservation and regulation of all burial grounds within their jurisdiction; and the expense of carrying this section into execution may be defrayed out of any rates authorized to be levied by any urban authority . . . F2. . . . F3 . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F3Entries repealed by Public Health Act 1896 (c. 19), Sch., Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. I, Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), Sch. 25 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F4Entries relating to the Act 35 & 36 Vict. c.79 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
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