An Act to amend the law relating to the public health.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An Act to amend the law relating to the public health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Public Health. Authority has been prescribed then of the Nuisance Authority where Ships whose District nearest adjoins the Place where such Ship, Vessel, are lyUlg• or Boat is lying, the Distance being measured in a straight Line, but nothing in this Act contained shall enable any Nuisance Autho- rity to interfere with any Ship, Vessel, or Boat that is not in British Waters. 31. The Power of Entry given t6 the Authorities by the Eleventh Section of The Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, may be exercised at any Hour when the Business in respect of which the Nuisance arises is in progress or is usually carried on. And any Justices Order once issued under the said Section shall continue in force until the Nuisance has been, abated, or the Work for which the Entry was necessary has been done. Power of Entry to Nuisance Authority or their Officer under Sect. 11. of 18 & 19 Yict. c. 121. 32. Any Ship or Vessel lying in any River, Harbour, or other Provision as Water shall be subject to the Jurisdiction of the Nuisance Autho- *vjtiiinl>the rity of the District within which such River, Harbour, or other Jurisdiction Water is, and be within the Provisions of the Nuisances Removal y' ° Acts, in the same Manner as if it were a House within such Juris- diction, and the Master or other Officer in charge of such Ship shall be deemed for the Purposes of the Nuisances Removal Acts to be the Occupier of such Ship or Vessel ; but this Section shall not apply to any Ship or Vessel belonging to Her Majesty or to any Eoreign Government. 33. Where the Guardians are the Nuisance Authority for Part Provision of any Parish only, and shall require to expend Money on account lor raisi.ng of such Part in execution of the Provisions of the said Acts, the divided Overseers of the Parish shall, upon Receipt of an Order from the rarislies- said Guardians, raise the requisite Amount from the Persons liable to be assessed to the Poor Rate therein by a Rate to be made in like Manner as a Poor Rate, and shall have all the same Powers of making and recovering the same, and of paying the Expense of collecting the Rate when made, and shall account to the Auditor of the District for Receipt and Disbursement of the same, in like Manner, and with the same Consequences, as in the Case of the Poor Rate made by them. 34. That it shall be lawful for the Nuisance Authority, at their Discretion, to require the Payment of any Costs or Expenses which the Owner of any Premises may be liable to pay under the said Nuisances Removal Acts or this Act, either from the Owner or from any Person who then or at any Time thereafter occupies such Premises, and such Owner or Occupier shall be liable to pay the same, Nuisance Authority may require Payment of Costs or Ex- penses from Owner or Occupier, and Occupier