Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

Part I — Administrative Provisions

General administration

Authorities administering Act

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• (1) In this Act “ local authority ” means any of the following—

• (a) a district council;

• (b) in England, a county council for an area for which there is no district council;

• (c) in Wales, a county council or county borough council;

• (d) a London borough council;

• (e) the Common Council of the City of London;

• (f) the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

• (g) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

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• (3) A local authority having jurisdiction in any part of a port health district (including the London port health district) shall not discharge in relation to it any functions which are functions of the port health authority.

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Port health districts and authorities

Port health districts and authorities

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• (1) In this Act, “port” means—

• (a) a port as appointed for the purposes of the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise other than the Port of London, or

• (b) the Port of London.

• (2) In this Act, subject to section 8(2)

below, “riparian authority”, in relation to a port of a port, means—

• (a) any local authority whose district, or any part of whose district, forms part of, or abuts on, that port or part of a port, and

• (b) any conservators, commissioners or other persons having authority in, over or within that port or part of a port.

• (3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may be order made by statutory instrument constitute a port health district either—

• (a) consisting of any area, being a port or part of a port other than the Port of London, or of two or more such areas, or

• (b) consisting of such an area, or of two or more such areas, together with so much (being either the whole or any part or parts) of the district or districts of one or more riparian authorities as (not being comprised in that area or any of those areas, as the case may be) is specified in the order.

• (4) An order under this section constituting a port health district may either—

• (a) constitute one riparian authority the port health authority for the district, or

• (b) constitute a joint board, consisting of representatives of two or more riparian authorities, to be the port health authority for the district.

• (5) A joint board so constituted a port health authority shall be a body corporate by such name as may be determined by the order constituting the port health district:

• (6) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an order under this section, he shall give notice of the proposal to every riparian authority who will under the order be liable to contribute to the expenses of the port health authority.

• (7) If, within 28 days after notice has been given to any such riparian authority under subsection (6) above, they give notice to the Secretary of State that they object to the proposal and the objection is not withdrawn, any order made by the Secretary of State which will impose any such liability on that authority shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

• (8) All expenses of, and incidental to, the constitution of a port health district shall be payable by the port health authority.

• (9) So far as those expenses are expenses incurred by the Secretary of State, their amount as certified by him shall be recoverable by him from the authority as a debt due to the Crown.

Jurisdiction and powers of port health authority

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• (1) An order under section 2 above constituting a port health district—

• (a) shall confer on the port health authority jurisdiction over all waters and land within the port health district, and

• (b) may assign to the port health authority any of the functions, rights and liabilities of a local authority under any enactment relating to public health, waste disposal or the control of pollution, whether passed before or after, and whether or not contained in, this Act.

• (2) Any such order may also assign to the port health authority any of the functions, rights and liabilities—

• (a) of a food authority under the Food Safety Act 1990;

• (b) of a local authority under Part I of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974, or

• (c) of a local authority under any of the following provisions of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976—

• (i) section 16 (power of local authorities to obtain particulars of persons interested in land),

• (ii) section 32 (power of local authorities to execute works outside their areas),

• (iii) section 41 (evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings etc.).

• (3) section 241 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which enables any of the provisions of that Act to be applied to a joint board of which the constituent members are local authorities) shall apply in relation to a port health authority constituted under section 2 above, notwithstanding that it may consist of a single local authority or may be a joint board of which not all the constituent members are local authorities.

General provisions as to orders constituting port health districts and authorities

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• (1) An order under section 2 above may contain such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or proper for bringing it into operation and giving it full effect, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, provisions—

• (a) for the settlement of any differences arising in consequence of the operation of the order between districts or other areas,

• (b) for the transfer of property and liabilities, and the making of any such adjustment of accounts or apportionment of liabilities between districts or other areas as may be rendered necessary by the operation of the order, and

• (c) as to the persons by or to whom any money found to be due is to be paid, and the raising of such money.

• (2) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an order amending or revoking any such order, he shall give notice of his intention of the port health authority concerned and to every authority which is, or under the proposed order will be, a constituent authority.

• (3) If, within 28 days after notice has been given to any such authority, they give notice to the Secretary of State that they object to the proposal and the objection is not withdrawn, any order made by the Secretary of State shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

• (4) Where by virtue of subsection (7) of section 2 above or subsection (3) above an order under that section (not being an order made on the application of a local authority) is subject to special parliamentary procedure—

• (a) section 240 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which relates to the procedure for making such orders) shall have effect as if, for references to the applicants for the order and to the application for the order, there were substituted respectively references to the Secretary of State and to the order proposed to be made by him, and

• (b) the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the making and confirmation of the order shall be paid by such council, or by such councils in such shares, as he may direct, and the amount of those expenses as certified by him, or the amount of any share of them so certified, shall be recoverable by him from the council liable for the expenses or share as a debt due to the Crown.

• (5) Any reference in this Act to an order constituting a port health district shall be construed as including a reference to any order made under this section for the amendment of the original order.

Financial provisions as to port health authorities

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• (1) Subject to the provisions of the order constituting a port health authority under section 2 above, the authority shall have the like powers of borrowing for the purposes of their functions under the order as a local authority have for the purposes of their functions under this Act.

• (2) Any expenses incurred by a joint board constituted by such an order shall be defrayed by the constituent districts in such proportions and in such manner as may be determined by or in accordance with the order.

• (3) For the purpose of obtaining payment from constituent districts ... of the sums to be contributed by them, such a joint board shall issue precepts to the local authority of each district concerned, stating the sum to be contributed by the authority and requiring the authority, within a time limited by the precept, to pay the sums mentioned in it to the port health authority, or to such person as the port health authority may direct.

• (4) Any sum mentioned in a precept issued under this section by a joint board to a local authority shall be a debt due from that authority, and may be recovered accordingly, ....

Port of London

Extent of Port of London

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In this Act, “the Port of London” means the port of that name appointed for the purposes of the enactments relating to customs or excise, together with all such waters between—

• (a) the seaward limit of the port as so established, and

• (b) imaginary straight lines drawn from latitude 51° 37” 00’ north, longitude 0° 57” 19’ east (Foulness Point in the county of Essex) to latitude 51° 46” 05’ north, longitude 1° 20” 32’ east (Gunfleet Old Lighthouse) and thence to latitude 51° 26” 36’ north, longitude 1° 25” 30’ east and thence to latitude 51° 24” 55’ north, longitude 0° 54” 21’ east (Warden Point in the county of Kent),

as immediately before the coming into force of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 were within the territorial waters of Her Majesty’s dominions.

Port health district and authority for Port of London

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• (1) For the purposes of this Act—

• (a) the Port of London, together with

• (b) so much (being either the whole or any part or parts) of the district or districts of one or more riparian authorities as (not being comprised in the Port of London) may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State,

shall be a port health district (in this Act referred to as “the London port health district”), and the Common Council of the City of London shall be the port health authority for that district.

• (2) The Secretary of State may by order confer on the port health authority for the London port health district (in this Act referred to as “the London port health authority”) jurisdiction over all waters and land within that port health district.

• (3) The Secretary of State may by order assign to the London port health authority any of the functions, rights and liabilities—

• (a) of a local authority under any enactment to which this paragraph applies,

• (b) of a local authority under any local statutory provision (within the meaning of the London Government Act 1963) continued in force by section 87 of that Act (which relates to certain local statutory provisions in force immediately before the 1st April 1965 which were not repealed or revoked by that Act),

• (c) of a local authority under any provision of Part II of Schedule 11 to that Act (which re–enacted with modifications certain enactments about public health in London), or

• (d) of a food authority under any provision of the Food Safety Act 1990.

• (4) Subsection (3)(a) above applies to the following enactments, that is to say—

• (a) the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1925;

• (b) the Public Health Act 1936;

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• (e) the Clean Air Act 1993;

• (f) the Public Health Act 1961;

• (g) the Control of Pollution Act 1974;

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• (j) this Act except section 46.

• (k) the Building Act 1984 (other than Parts III of Schedule 3).

• (l) Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

• (m) Part III of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

• (n) regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.

• (5) The Secretary of State may by order extend to all waters and land in the London port health district any provision under which functions, rights and liabilities may be assigned by an order under subsection (3) above, or any instrument made under any such provision, in so far as it would not otherwise so extend.

• (6) The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

Supplementary provisions as to London port health district

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• (1) Section 4 above has effect in relation to an order under section 7 as it has effect in relation to an order under section 2 above.

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Inland and coastal waters

Vessels in inland or coastal waters

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Part II — Control of Disease

General

Notifiable diseases

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Cases of notifiable disease and food poisoning to be reported

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Fees for certificates under s. 11

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Regulations for control of certain diseases

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• (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may, as respects the whole or any part of England and Wales, including coastal waters, make regulations—

• (a) with a view to the treatment of persons affected with any epidemic, endemic or infectious disease and for preventing the spread of such diseases,

• (b) for preventing danger to public health from vessels or aircraft arriving at any place, and

• (c) for preventing the spread of infection by means of any vessel or aircraft leaving any place, so far as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out any treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement with any other country.

• (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State may by any such regulations apply, with or without modifications, to any disease to which the regulations relate any enactment (including any enactment in this Act) relating to the notification of disease or to notifiable diseases.

• (3) Regulations made under this section may provide for—

• (a) the signals to be displayed by vessels or aircraft having on board any case of epidemic, endemic or infectious disease,

• (b) the questions to be answered by masters, pilots and other persons on board any vessel or aircraft as to cases of such disease on board during the voyage or on arrival,

• (c) requiring persons alighting from aircraft to answer questions pertaining to their state of health or their contact with infection,

• (d) the detention of vessels or aircraft and of persons on board them,

• (e) the duties to be performed in cases of such diseases by masters, pilots and other persons on board vessels or aircraft,

and may authorise the making of charges and provide for the recovery of such charges and of any expenses incurred in disinfection.

• (4) Subject to section 14 below, regulations made under this section—

• (a) shall specify the authorities, whether county councils, county borough councils, local authorities, port health authorities, ... Local Health Boards, Special Health Authorities ... , National Health Service trusts or NHS foundation trusts, by whom they are to be enforced and executed, and

• (b) may also provide for their enforcement and execution by officers of customs and excise,

but, in so far as they apply to officers of customs and excise, the regulations shall require the consent of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

• (5) Subject to section 14 below, the following persons, that is to say—

• (a) authorised officers of any such authority as is specified by the regulations in accordance with subsection (4)(a) above, and

• (b) officers of customs and excise,

shall have power to enter any premises, vessel or aircraft for the purpose of executing, or superintending the execution of, regulations under this section.

• (6) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

• (7) Any expenses incurred by a county council under this section shall, if the Secretary of State by order so directs, be defrayed as special expenses charged on such part of the county as may be provided by the order, but such an order may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order.

Application of s. 13 to aerodromes

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• (1) In relation to aerodromes for the time being vested in or under the control of the Secretary of State ... . . . , and in relation to persons and aircraft arriving at or departing from any such aerodromes—

• (a) subsection (4) of section 13 above shall have effect as if, for paragraph (a) of that subsection, there were substituted the following paragraph—

(a) may provide for their enforcement and execution by officers designated for that purpose by the Secretary of State, and

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• (b) so much of that subsection as requires the consent of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall not apply in relation to aerodromes for the time being vested in or under the control of the Secretary of State ..., and

• (c) subsection (5) of that section shall have effect as if, for paragraph (a) of that subsection, there were substituted the following paragraph—

(a) officers designated in accordance with subsection (4)(a) above (as modified by section 14(1)(a) below, and

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• (2) In this section, “ aerodrome ” has the meaning given by section 105(1)

of the Civil Aviation Act 1982.

Contravention of regulations under s. 13

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Any person who wilfully neglects or refuses to obey or carry out, or obstructs the execution of, any regulations made under section 13 above shall, in a case where no provision is made in the regulations for his punishment, be liable on summary conviction—

• (a) to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, and

• (b) in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding £50 for every day on which the offence continues after conviction.

Power of local authority to direct that other diseases notifiable

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Exposure of persons and articles liable to convey notifiable disease

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Information to be furnished by occupier in case of notifiable disease or food poisoning

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Trading etc. by person with notifiable disease

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Stopping of work to prevent spread of disease

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Children

Exclusion from school of child liable to convey notifiable disease

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List of day pupils at school having case of notifiable disease

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Exclusion of children from places of entertainment or assembly

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Infected articles

Infected articles not to be taken or sent to be washed or cleaned

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Library books

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Infectious matter not to be placed in dustbins

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Provision of disinfecting stations

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Infected premises

Prohibition of certain work on premises where notifiable disease exists

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Letting of house or room after recent case of notifiable disease

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Duty on ceasing to occupy house after recent case of notifiable disease

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Disinfection of premises

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Removal of person from infected house

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Public conveyances

Use of public conveyance by person with notifiable disease

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Duty of owner, driver or conductor of public conveyance

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Infectious persons

Medical examination

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Medical examination of group of persons believed to comprise carrier of notifiable disease

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Removal to hospital of person with notifiable disease

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Detention in hospital of person with notifiable disease

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Common lodging–houses

Keeper of common lodging-house to notify case of infectious disease

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Medical examination of inmates of common lodging-house

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Removal to hospital of inmate of common lodging-house with notifiable disease

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Closure of common lodging-house on account of notifiable disease

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Death of person suffering from notifiable disease

Person dying in hospital with notifiable disease

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Isolation of body of person dying with notifiable disease

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Restriction of wakes

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Part III

Burial and cremation

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• (1) It shall be the duty of a local authority to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in their area, in any case where it appears to the authority that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have been or are being made otherwise than by the authority.

• (2) Any council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 may cause to be buried or cremated the body of any deceased person who immediately before his death was being provided with accommodation under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.

• (2A) A local authority within the meaning of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 may cause to be buried or cremated the body of any deceased person who immediately before his death was being provided with accommodation under Part 4 of that Act.

• (3) An authority shall not cause a body to be cremated under subsection (1) or (2) above where they have reason to believe that cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased.

• (4) Subsections (1) and (2) above do not affect any enactment regulating or authorising the burial, cremation or anatomical examination of the body of a deceased person.

• (5) An authority may recover from the estate of the deceased person ... expenses incurred under subsection (1) or subsection (2) above, ...

• (6) Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, a sum due to an authority under subsection (5) above is recoverable summarily as a civil debt by proceedings brought within three years after the sum becomes due.

• (7) The Secretary of State may cause such inquiries to be held as he may deem necessary or desirable for the purposes of this section.

• (8) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument direct that this section, in its application to the Isles of Scilly, shall have effect subject to exceptions, adaptations and modifications.

Regulations about dead bodies

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• (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations imposing any conditions and restrictions—

• (a) with respect to means of disposal of dead bodies otherwise than by burial or cremation,

• (b) as to the period of time a body may be retained after death on any premises, or

• (c) with respect to embalming or preservation,

which may appear to be desirable in the interests of public health or public safety.

• (2) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

Removal of body to mortuary or for immediate burial

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• (1) If a justice of the peace (acting, if he deems it necessary, ex parte) is satisfied, on a certificate of the proper officer of the local authority for the district in which a dead body lies, that the retention of the body in any place would endanger the health of any person, he may order—

• (a) that the body be removed by, and at the cost of, the local authority to a mortuary, and

• (b) that the necessary steps be taken to secure that it is buried within a time limited by the order or, if he considers immediate burial necessary, immediately.

• (2) Where an order is made under subsection (1) above, relatives or friends of the deceased person shall be deemed to comply with the order if they cause the body to be cremated within the time limited by the order or, as the case may be, immediately.

• (3) An order under this section shall be an authority to any officer named in it to do all acts necessary for giving effect to the order.

Part IV

Regulations as to canal boats

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• (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to make regulations—

• (a) for fixing the number, age and sex of the persons who may be permitted to dwell in canal boats, regard being had to cubic space, ventilation, provision for the separation of the sexes, general healthiness and convenience of accommodation, and

• (b) for promoting cleanliness in, and ensuring the habitable condition of, canal boats, ...

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• (2) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

• (3) If any regulation in force under this section is not complied with as respects a canal boat, the master of the boat, and also the owner, if he is himself in default, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, and to a further fine not exceeding £2 for each day after conviction on which the non–compliance continues.

Power to enter and inspect canal boats

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Duties of local authorities and port health authorities under Part IV

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• (2) It shall be the duty of any local authority within whose district any part of a canal is situated to carry into effect ... the regulations made under section 49 above.

Prosecution of offences under Part IV

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Interpretation of Part IV

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In this Part of this Act—

• “canal” includes any river, inland navigation or lake, and any other waters situated wholly or partly within a county or county borough, whether those waters are or are not within the ebb and flow of the tide;

• “canal boat” means any vessel, however propelled, which is used for the conveyance of goods along a canal, not being—

• (a) a sailing barge which belongs to the class generally known as “Thames sailing barge” and is registered under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, either in the Port of London or elsewhere, or

• (b) a sea–going ship so registered, or

• (c) a vessel used for pleasure purposes only;

• “master”, in relation to a canal boat, means the person having command or charge of the boat; and

• “owner”, in relation to a canal boat, includes a person who, though only the hirer of the boat, appoints the master and other persons working the boat.

Part V

Instruction about health and disease

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Inducements offered by dealers in rags and old clothes

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Tents, vans, sheds and similar structures

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Part VI — General

General provision for compensation

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Form of notices and other documents

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• (1) All notices, orders and other documents authorised or required by or under this Act to be given, made or issued by a relevant health protection authority, and all notices and applications authorised or required by or under this Act to be given, made or issued by a relevant health protection authority, and all notices and applications authorised or required by or under this Act to be given or made to or to any officer of a relevant health protection authority, shall be in writing.

• (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument prescribe the form of any notice, certificate or other document to be used for the purposes of this Act, and, if forms are so prescribed, those forms or forms to the like efect may be used in all cases to which those forms are applicable.

Authentication of documents

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• (1) Any notice, order or other document which a relevant health protection authority are authorised or required by or under this Act to give, make or issue may be signed on behalf of the authority—

• (a) by the proper officer of the authority as respects documents relating to matters within his province, or

• (b) by any officer of the authority authorised by them in writing to sign documents of the particular or, as the case may be, the particular document.

• (2) Any document purporting to bear the signature of an officer—

• (a) expressed to hold an office by virtue of which he is under this section empowered to sign such a document, or

• (b) expressed to be duly authorised by the relevant health protection authority to sign such a document or the particular document,

shall, for the purposes of this Act, and of any regulations and orders made under it, be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have been duly given, made or issued by authority of the relevant health protection authority.

• (3) In subsection (2) above “ signature” includes a facsimilie of a signature by whatever process reproduced.

Service of notices and other documents

60

Any notice, order or other document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to or served on any person may, in any case for which no other provision is made by or under this Act, be given or served either—

• (a) by delivering it to that person—

• (b) in the case of a coroner or the proper officer of a local authority, by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at either his residence or his office, and, in the case of any other officer of a local authority, by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his office, or

• (c) in the case of any other person, by leaving it, or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him, at his usual or last known residence, or

• (d) in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to their secretary or clerk at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office, or

• (e) in the case of a document to be given to or served on a person as being the owner of any premises by virtue of the fact that he receives the rackrent of the premises as agent for another, or would so receive it if the premises were let at a rackrent, by leaving it, or sending it in a prepaid letteraddressed to him, at his place of business, or

• (f) in the case of a document to be given to or served on the owner or the occupier of any premises, if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name and address of the person to or on whom it should be given or served, or if the premises are unoccupied by addressing it to the person concerned by the description of “ owner” or “ occupier” of the premises (naming them) to which it relates, and delivering it to some person on the premises or, if there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.

Power to enter premises

61

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any proper officer of a relevant health protection authority shall, on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority have a right to enter any premises at all reasonable hours—

• (a) for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is, or has been, any contravention of a relevant provision of this Act, or of an order made by a justice of the peace under Part 2A of this Act, which it is the function of the relevant health protection authority to enforce,

• (b) for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not circumstances exist which would authorise or require the relevant health protection authority to take any action, or execute any work, under such a provision or in relation to such an order,

• (c) for the purpose of taking any action, or executing any work, authorised or required by such a provision or in relation to such an order, or by any order made under such a provision, to be taken, or executed, by the relevant health protection authority, or

• (d) generally, for the purpose of the performance by the relevant health protection authority of their functions under such a provision or in relation to such an order.

• (2) Admission to any premises ... shall not be demanded as of right unless twenty–four hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.

• (2A) Subsection (1) does not authorise entry to any part of premises which is used as a private dwelling (but this does not affect the power of a justice of the peace under subsection (3) to issue a warrant authorising entry to a private dwelling or to any part of premises used as a private dwelling).

• (3) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace on sworn information in writing—

• (a) that admission to any premises has been refused, or that refusal is apprehended, or that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, or that the case is one of urgency, or that an application for admission would defeat the object of the entry, and

• (b) that there is reasonable ground for entry into the premises for any such purpose as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.

the justice may by warrant under his hand authorise the relevant health protection authority by any proper officer to enter the premises, if need be by force.

• (4) Such a warrant shall not be issued unless the justice is satisfied either that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier, or that the premises are unoccupied, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the giving of such notice would defeat the object of the entry.

Supplementary provisions as to entry

62

• (1) A proper officer (“the officer”) entering any premises by virtue of section 61 above, or of a warrant issued under that section, may take with him such other persons and such equipment and materials as may be necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied premises which he has entered by virtue of such a warrant he shall leave them as effectively secured against trespassers as he found them.

• (1A) The officer may for the purpose for which entry is authorised—

• (a) search the premises,

• (b) carry out measurements and tests of the premises or of anything found on them,

• (c) take and retain samples of the premises or of anything found on them,

• (d) inspect and take copies or extracts of any documents or records found on the premises,

• (e) require information stored in an electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form, and

• (f) seize and detain or remove anything which the officer reasonably believes to be evidence of any contravention relevant to the purpose for which entry is authorised.

• (2) Every warrant issued under that section shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) Nothing in section 61 or this section limits the provisions of Parts 2A and 4, and of regulations made under Part 2A, with respect to entry into or upon, and inspection of, any premises.

Penalty for obstructing execution of Act

63

• (1) A person commits an offence if the person wilfully obstructs any person acting in the execution of a provision of Part 3 or 4 or this Part, or of any regulations, order or warrant made or issued under such a provision.

• (2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction—

• (a) in the case of an offence of wilfully obstructing a person in the execution of a provision of Part 4 or of any regulations made under a provision of that Part, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, and

• (b) in any other case, to a fine.

Restriction on right to prosecute

64

• (1) Proceedings in respect of an offence created by a provision of, or regulations under, this Act may not be taken by any person other than—

• (a) a relevant health protection authority,

• (b) a body whose function it is to enforce the provision or regulation in question, or

• (c) a person who made (or whose predecessors made) the regulation in question.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Daily penalties for continuing offences

65

Where by or under this Act provision is made for the imposition of a daily penalty in respect of a continuing offence, the court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court ; and, where the court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty shall not be recoverable in respect of any day before that period expires.

Inclusion of several sums in one complaint

66

Applications to, and appeals from, magistrates' courts

67

• (1) Where this Act or a provision contained in regulations made under this Act provides for any matter to be determined by, or for an application in respect of a matter to be made to, a magistrates’ court, the procedure shall be by way of complaint for an order.

• (2) Where a person aggrieved by any order, determination or other decision of a magistrates’ court under a relevant provision of this Act is not by any other enactment authorised to appeal to the Crown Court, he may appeal to the Crown Court.

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Judges and justices not to be disqualified by liability to rates

68

A judge of any court or a justice of the peace shall not be disqualified from acting in cases arising under this Act by reason only of his being, as one of several ratepayers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable in common with the others to contribute to, or be benefited by, any rate or fund out of which any expenses of a local authority are to be defrayed.

Protection from personal liability

69

• (1) Nothing done by a relevant health protection authority or by one of its officers, and no contract entered into by such an authority, is to subject the authority or officer to any action, liability, claim or demand whatsoever if the thing is done, or the contract is entered into, bona fide for the purposes of executing a relevant provision of this Act.

• (2) Any expense incurred by any such authority or officer acting bona fide as mentioned in subsection (1) is to be borne and repaid out of the fund applicable by the authority to its functions of executing the provision in question.

• (3) Reference in this section to an officer of a relevant health protection authority also includes a member of that authority and any person acting under the direction of that authority.

Local inquiries

70

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Default powers of Secretary of State

71

• (1) Subsection (2) applies if the appropriate Minister is satisfied that a relevant health protection authority has failed to discharge its functions under a relevant provision of this Act in any case where it ought to have discharged them.

• (2) The appropriate Minister may make an order—

• (a) declaring the authority to be in default, and

• (b) directing the authority to discharge such of its functions, and in such manner and within such time or times, as may be specified in the order.

• (3) If the authority fails to comply with a requirement of the order within the specified time, the appropriate Minister may—

• (a) enforce the order by mandatory order or otherwise, or

• (b) make an order transferring such of the functions of the authority to the Minister or such other public authority as may be specified in the order.

• (4) If functions are transferred by virtue of subsection (3)(b) to the Minister, the Minister may direct another public authority to discharge them on the Minister's behalf.

• (5) An order under subsection (3)(b) may include provision about the funding of the functions, including provision requiring the relevant health protection authority to bear any costs associated with the discharge of those functions by or on behalf of the Minister or other public authority.

• (6) The appropriate Minister may vary or revoke an order made by the Minister under subsection (3)(b), but without prejudice to anything previously done under it.

• (7) If such an order is revoked, the appropriate Minister may, either by the revoking order or by a subsequent order, make provision with respect to the transfer, vesting and discharge of any property or liabilities acquired or incurred by or on behalf of the Minister or other public authority in discharging any functions to which the revoking order related.

Cumulative effect of Act

72

All powers and duties conferred or imposed by or under this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers and duties conferred or imposed by Act, law or custom ; and, subject to any repeal effected by, or other express provision of, this Act, all such other powers and duties may be exercised, and shall be performed, in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed.

Crown property

73

• (1) This section applies to any house, building or other premises being property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, or belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for purposes of a government department.

• (2) In relation to any such property, the appropriate authority may agree with—

• (a) the council of the county, or

• (b) the local authority of the district,

in which the property is situated that any relevant provision of this Act specified in the agreement shall apply to the property ; and, while the agreement is in force, that provision shall apply to that property accordingly, subject to the terms of the agreement.

• (3) Any such agreement may contain such consequential and incidental provisions (including, with the approval of the Treasury, provisions of a financial character) as appear to the appropriate authority to be necessary or equitable.

• (4) In this section, “the appropriate authority” means—

• (a) in the case of property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, the Crown Estate Commissioners or other government department having the management of the property ;

• (b) in the case of property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chancellor of the Duchy ;

• (c) in the case of property belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, such person as the Duke of Cornwall, or the possessor for the time being of the Duchy of Cornwall, appoints ; and

• (d) in the case of property belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for purposes of a government department, that department ;

and, if any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any property, that question shall be referred to the treasury, whose decision shall be final.

• (5) In this section “premises” does not include any vessel—

• (a) belonging to Her Majesty, or

• (b) under the command or charge of an officer holding Her Majesty's commission.

Interpretation

74

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

Inner Temple and Middle Temple

75

In relation to the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, any reference in a provision of this Part of this Act to an officer or authorised officer of a local authority is a reference to an officer authorised by the Sub–Treasurer or the Under Treasurer, as the case may be, to act for the purposes of that provision.

Isle of Man and Channel Islands

76

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transitional provisions and savings

77

The transitional provisions and savings in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect.

Amendments and repeals

78

Subject to section 77 above—

• (a) the Acts specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, and

• (b) the Acts specified in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Short title, commencement and extent

79

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.

Schedule 1

Port health districts and port health authorities

1

Any area and any body which immediately before the commencement of this Act was a port health district or a port health authority by virtue of section 5 of the Public Health Act 1936 (which related to former port sanitary districts and port sanitary authorities) shall continue to be known as and styled a port health district or a port health district or a port health authority, as the case may be ; and any reference in any Act or other document to port sanitary districts or port sanitary authorities shall be construed accordingly.

2

• (1) No repeal contained in this Act shall affect the validity of any order made under section 2(2) of the Public Health Act 1936, or under section 41 of the London Government Act 1963, the validity of which was preserved by section 42(4) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (port health districts and port health authorities).

• (2) Without prejudice to any power to vary any such order exercisable by virtue of the application to this Act of any provisions of the Interpretation Act 1978, any power to amend or vary any such order exercisable by virtue of section 42(4) of the said Act of 1982 shall continue to be exercisable notwithstanding any repeal contained in this Act.

Notifiable diseases

3

• (1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 147 of the Public Health Act 1936 (which empowered local authorities to extend the category of notifiable diseases) any order made under that section which was in force immediately before the coming into operation of the repeal—

• (a) shall continue to have effect notwithstanding the repeal of that section, and

• (b) may be varied or revoked by an order made and approved in the like manner as the original order, except that it shall not be varied otherwise than by excluding a disease from it.

• (2) Where such an order continues to have effect by virtue of sub–paragraph (1) above, any reference in the order which (being originally a reference to Part V of the Public Health Act 1936) was, by virtue of section 52(2) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, to be construed as a reference to section 48 of that Act shall be construed as a reference to section 11 of this Act.

Unlawful expenditure

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment and repeal of Acts etc.

5

Any power that is exercisable by virtue of—

• (a) section 317 of the Public Health Act 1936,

• (b) section 82 of the Public Health Act 1961,

• (c) section 84 of the London Government Act 1963, or

• (d) section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982,

in relation to a provision of one of those Acts that is repealed and re–enacted by this Act shall be exercisable in relation to that provision as so re–enacted to the extent to which it would have been exercisable immediately before such repeal.

6

Sections 252 and 254 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which enable Acts passed before 1st April 1974 and certain instruments to be amended or repealed) shall have effect in relation to this Act as if it had been passed before that date.

Schedule 2

Public Health Act 1936

1

In section 6(1) of the Public Health Act 1936, after “ repealed,” there shall be inserted “ or of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 except section 46,”.

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

In section 326(1) of that Act, after “ 1875,” there shall be inserted “ or any order under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984,”.

4

In section 327(1) of that Act, after “ this Act” there shall be inserted “ or section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984”.

5

In section 343(1) of that Act, in the definition of “ joint board”, for the words “ and includes such a board acting as” there shall be substituted “ other than”.

Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

6

In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, there shall be inserted at the end—

National Health Service Act 1977

7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

8

There shall be inserted at the end of section 159(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980—

, and (e) sections 39 to 42 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, and so much of Part VI of that Act as relates to those sections.

Schedule 3

Authorities administering Act.

Notifiable diseases.

Disposal of Dead Bodies

Canal Boats

Miscellaneous

Inner Temple and Middle Temple.

Table of Derivations

Note: The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—

1875 = Public Health Act 1875 (c. 55).

Editorial notes

[^c8860661]: Act not in force at Royal Assent see s.79(2); Act wholly in force at 26. 09. 1984.

[^c8860671]: Act extended (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 7 (as amended (2.1.2008) by Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3579), art. 3(c) and (16.4.2015) by Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) and Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/856), arts. 1, 6) Act (except s.28 and the treasury function under s. 73(4)): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

[^c8860681]: A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.

[^c8860831]: S. 2: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1773. S. 2: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders S. 2: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised (02.12.1991) by S.I.1991/2913.

[^c8860881]: S. 3: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1773. S. 3: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders S. 3: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised (02.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2913.

[^c8860891]: S. 3(2)(a) substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 26

[^c8860901]: 1974 c. 3.

[^c8860911]: 1976 c. 57.

[^c8860921]: 1972 c. 70

[^c8860941]: S. 4: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised by S.I.1991/1773. S. 4: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders S. 4: s. 2 (with ss. 3 and 4) power exercised (02.12.1991) by S.I.1991/2913.

[^c8860951]: 1972 c. 70.

[^c8860971]: Words substituted by Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1), s. 3, Sch. 1 para. 8

[^c8861471]: 1963 c. 33.

[^c8861481]: S. 7(3)(d) substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 27

[^c8861491]: 1936 c. 49.

[^c8861521]: S. 7(4)(e) substituted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 3

[^c8861531]: 1961 c. 64.

[^c8861541]: 1974 c. 40.

[^c8861551]: S. 7(4)(h)(i) and the word following paragraph (i) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 116, 117(2), Sch. 4 para. 10, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/4150, art. 3(a)(c) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4 and S.I. 2002/1493, art. 4)

[^c8861571]: S. 7(4)(k) added by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(1), Sch. 6 para. 23

[^c8861581]: S. 7(4)(l) (m)inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 22, S.I. 1991/1042, art.2

[^c8861591]: S. 7(4)(n) inserted (21.3.2000) by 1999 c. 24, s. 6, Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2000/800, art. 2

[^c8861741]: S. 8(2) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17

[^c8860691]: Pt. I (ss. 1-9) modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch.2 Pt. I (ss. 1-9) modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch.2

[^c8860701]: Pt. I (ss. 1-9): certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2 Pt. I (ss. 1-9): certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2

[^c8861941]: S. 13 modified (2.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1813, arts. 2(1), 7(1), Sch. 4 para. 2 (as amended (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 8, Sch. 4 para. 11 Table)

[^c8861951]: Words in s. 13(4)(a) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(3), Sch. 9 para. 13(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1

[^c8861961]: Words in s. 13(4)(a) substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 108(5) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)

[^c8861981]: Words repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. I

[^c8861991]: 1982 c. 16.

[^c8862621]: Words repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86, Sch. 11

[^c8862631]: S. 47 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2 S. 47 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2

[^c8862641]: S. 47: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2 S. 47: certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2

[^c8862651]: S. 48 applied by S.I. 1988/1546, reg. 3, Sch. 1

[^c8862661]: S. 48 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch.2 S. 48 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2

[^c8862671]: S. 48: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch.2 S. 48: certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2

[^c8862691]: S. 53: words in the definition of “canal” inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(3), Sch. 9 para. 13(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1

[^c8862701]: S. 53: words in paragraph (a) of the definition of “canal boat” substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 69(a) (with s. 312(1))

[^c8862761]: S. 66 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

[^c8863011]: Definition of "standard scale" in s. 74 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV

[^c8863021]: S. 74: words in the definition of “vessel” substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 69(b) (with s. 312(1))

[^c8863031]: 1968 c. 59.

[^c8863041]: 1936 c. 49.

[^c8863051]: 1963 c. 33.

[^c8863061]: 1982 c. 30.

[^c8863071]: 1978 c. 30.

[^c8863081]: 1968 c. 46

[^c8863101]: 1961 c. 64.

[^c8863111]: 1963 c. 33.

[^c8863121]: 1982 c. 30

[^c8863131]: 1972 c. 70.

[^c8863141]: 1936 c. 49.

[^c8863151]: Sch. 2 para. 2 repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71, SIF 61), ss. 3, 5(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4

[^c8863161]: 1970 c. 42

[^c8863181]: Sch. 2 para. 7 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(3), 5(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)

[^c8863171]: 1977 c. 49.

[^c8863191]: 1980 c. 65.

[^key-d5f33779e7da91de25764bc16331a7d4]: Words in s. 13(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 4 para. 61; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2

[^key-d85fe8fec3a4aa7d28c58f3fb09ba493]: Words in s. 5(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13

[^key-c9ece4d6e950825733e15f9e4db4b75e]: S. 79(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13

[^key-ac21b4e2e0632ecda5568b7541193e9a]: Sch. 1 para. 4 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13

[^key-9c0f0fdb920cc23c0d2671969872ffe3]: Words in s. 13(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 14(5)

[^key-43e939a8ed7d51739c45d5f4ccf926c0]: S. 2 excluded (16.5.2008) by London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1261), arts. 1, 56 (with arts. 41(1), 45, 54(2), 55, 56, 57, 58(6))

[^key-ece0972bd3d798af2d435db535532bc4]: Words in s. 46(5) repealed (6.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 147(1)(g), 170(3)(4), Sch. 15 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 13); S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(a)(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(a)(c)

[^key-b49ccb729231dd1432acc4db22e431b8]: S. 45M modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Southampton Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1218), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-27045f5442c039ac610e645a086c68ba]: S. 46 modified (6.4.2010) by The Southampton Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1218), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-2f9683938e961c8c5490f97d899eee7b]: S. 48 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Southampton Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1218), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-7949ffd6b46b406927df7ce1165fbf6d]: S. 45M modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cornwall Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1215), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. (with art. 2)

[^key-206d1a8c36f404734ccd82e908bb93b2]: S. 46 modified (6.4.2010) by The Cornwall Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1215), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. (with art. 2)

[^key-6eb28fdbff23599b733c1a4dc7c47cc8]: S. 48 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cornwall Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1215), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. (with art. 2)

[^key-bad01f0d8b55c74769240cd11764f4d5]: S. 45M modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1214), arts. 1, 4, Sch.

[^key-329a3c1d7cdd942226ecbe98bfacaa1a]: S. 46 modified (6.4.2010) by The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1214), arts. 1, 4, Sch.

[^key-be6bf5dc2dd6d4da2f03faec069ca021]: S. 48 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1214), arts. 1, 4, Sch.

[^key-4173649eb52135f29e8b59c9fa29ca60]: S. 45M modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cowes Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1216), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-56436b17d25f200249276af473f16471]: S. 48 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cowes Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1216), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-3f1bac189b81db6134688008702b3de5]: S. 45M modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Portsmouth Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1217), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-6870ccac14c4589fba65d933242372b5]: S. 48 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Portsmouth Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1217), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.

[^key-50355aedbcc3af81cfa7185f4a333d40]: Pt. 2A inserted (21.7.2008 for specified purposes, 1.4.2009 for the insertion, insofar as relating to E., of ss. 45A, 45C, 45D, 45E, 45F, 45P, 45Q, 45R, 45S and 45T, otherwise 6.4.2010 for E. and 26.7.2010 for W.) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 129, 170(1)(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 3; S.I. 2010/708, art. 6(a) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2010/1547, art. 2(e) (with Sch. 1)