Public Health Act 1936

313 Orders for amendment or adaptation of local Acts.

(1) Where at the date of the passing of this Act there is in force—

(a) in any county borough a local Act the Bill for which was promoted by the council of the borough; or

(b) in any county or county district a local Act the Bill for which was promoted either by the county council or by the local authority of the district;

and the said local Act contains provisions appearing to the Minister either to be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, or to have become redundant in consequence of the passing of this Act, the Minister on the application, in the first mentioned case, of the council of the county borough, and, in the second mentioned case, of the county council or of the local authority, as the case may be, may by order make such alterations, whether by amendment or by repeal, in the local Act as appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of bringing its provisions into conformity with the provisions of this Act, or for the purpose of removing redundant provisions, as the case may be.

(2) This section applies in relation to a local Act the Bill for which was promoted by any authority, board, commissioners, trustees or other body whose functions under the local Act have become exercisable by the council of a county borough, a county council or the local authority of a district, as if the Bill for that Act had been promoted by the council of the county borough, the county council or the local authority.

(3) Any order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament for a period of thirty days during the Session of Parliament, and, if before the expiration of that period either House resolves that the order be annulled, it shall be void, but without prejudice to the making of a new order:

Provided that, in reckoning any such period of thirty days as aforesaid, no account shall be taken of any time during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.