As from the commencement of this Act, the local authority under the [42 & 43 Vict. c. 19.] Inebriates Acts, 1879 and [51 & 52 Vict. c. 19.] 1888, as amended by this Act, and the clerk of the local authority, shall be in a borough the borough council and the town clerk, and elsewhere the county council and the clerk of the county council respectively, and a county council may delegate any of their powers as such local authority to a committee.