The Port Health Authorities (England) Order 1974

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Port Health Authorities (England) Order 1974 and shall come into operation—

(a) for the purposes of taking any action which is necessary to ensure the effective operation of this order as from 1st April 1974 on 14th March 1974; and

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st April 1974.

(2) In this order—

“The Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;

“Joint boards” means the port health authorities specified in column (2) of Part I of the Schedule hereto being joint boards which will continue to exist on and after 1st April 1974 by virtue of section 263(3)(b) of the Act;

“port health orders” means the orders cited in column (1) of Parts I and II of the Schedule hereto being the orders under which the port health authorities respectively specified in column (2) of the said Parts have been constituted.

(3) “port health orders” in relation to the Plymouth Port Health Authority shall mean those port health orders applying to Plymouth Port Health Authority at the dates of the commencement of this order.

(4) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(5) Each of the series of orders mentioned in column (1) of Parts I and II of the Schedule hereto, as modified by the Act and this order, may be cited under the title as shown therein with the substitution of “to 1974” for the word and year last mentioned therein.

(6) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, and in this paragraph “enactment” includes any instrument made under any Act.