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Public Health (Scotland) Amendment Act 1907

1907 CHAPTER 30 7 Edw 7

An Act to amend sections fifty-seven, fifty-eight, and fifty-nine of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, relating to the prevention of infectious diseases.

[28th August 1907]

1 Substitution of precautionary for prohibitory provisions as to infection. S

(1) Section fifty-seven of the M1 Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, shall be read as if the words “that proper precautions against spreading disease or infection have been taken, and that such child may attend school without the risk of infecting others” were substituted for the words “that such child has become free from disease and infection, and infection, and that the house and everything therein exposed to infection has been disinfected to the satisfaction of such medical officer or medical practitioner”.

(2) Section fifty-eight of the said Act shall be read as if the words “shall (a) without proper precautions against spreading such disease or infection, milk any animal, or pick fruit, or engage in any occupation connected with food, or shall (b)” were substituted for the words “shall milk any animal, or pick fruit, or shall engage in any occupation connected with food, or;” and as if the words “or infection, and any person who knowing himself to be suffering from any infectious disease”.

(3) Section fifty-nine of the said Act shall be read as if the words “unless in every such case as aforesaid proper precautions have been taken against spreading such disease or infection ; and any person contravening any of the foregoing provisions shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; and if without such precautions” were substituted for the words “and any person contravening any of the foregoing provisions shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; and if”.

Annotations:

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 60 & 61 Vict. c. 38.

2 Short title and extent. S

This Act shall apply to Scotland only, and may be cited as the Public Health (Scotland) Amendment Act 1907; and the M2 Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, and this Act may be cited collectively as the Public Health (Scotland) Acts 1897 to 1907.

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M2 1897 c. 38.