Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 (repealed 6.1.1997)

Interpretation, repeals, etc. E+W+S

35 Interpretation. E+W+S

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “authorised officer of a local authority” means an officer authorised by the local authority in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters of any specified kind or in any specified matter, [F1 except that the [F2 designated medical officer] and sanitary inspector of the local authority shall by virtue of their appointments be deemed to be authorised officers of that local authority for all the purposes of this Act;]

• [F3 “local authority” means the council of a borough or [ . . . F4 ] district or the Common Council of the City of London.]

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “public analyst” means public analyst for the purposes of the [F5 M1 Food and Drugs Act 1955], including a deputy public analyst appointed under [F5 subsection (5) of section 89] of that Act and acting during any vacancy in the office of public analyst or during the absence or incapacity of the holder of that office;

• “rag flock” means flock which has been produced wholly or partly by tearing up spun or woven or knitted or felted materials, whether old or new, but does not include flock obtained wholly in the processes of the scouring, milling or finishing of newly woven or newly knitted or newly felted fabrics.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F2 Words substituted (S.) by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Sch. 6 para. 93

F3 Definition substituted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 11

F4 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

F5 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1955 c. 16 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2).

36 Application to Scotland. E+W+S

(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of the application of this Act to Scotland.

(2) The expression “defendant” means accused; references to a summons shall be construed as references to a complaint; and for references to the day on which a summons is served and to the day on which it is returnable there shall be respectively substituted references to the day on which a complaint is served and to the day on which the prosecution thereon proceeds to trial.

(3) The expression “local authority” means [F6 an islands or district council]; and the expression “public analyst” means public analyst appointed under [F7 section 27 of the M2 Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956].

Textual Amendments

F6 Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 108

F7 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

Marginal Citations

M2 1956 c. 30.

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Textual Amendments

F8 S. 37 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

38 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951.

(2) This Act shall come into operation at the expiration of a period of three months beginning with its passing.

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