Public Health Act 1936

7 Restriction on discharge of functions by local authorities within united district.

(1) A local authority having jurisdiction in any part of a united district shall cease to discharge in relation thereto any functions which are functions of the joint board:

Provided that—

(a) the Minister may at any time authorise a local authority having jurisdiction in any part of the district to discharge 'in relation to that part, concurrently with the joint board, any functions which are functions of that board, subject, however, to such conditions and restrictions, if any, as he may impose;

(b) with the approval of the Minister, the joint board may by agreement delegate, with or without restrictions or conditions, any of their functions to the local authority of any constituent district.

(2) Where under the preceding subsection any functions of a joint board are delegated to a local authority, that authority in the discharge thereof shall act as agents of the joint board.