Local Government Act 1888

39 Application of Act to all boroughs with population under 10,000.

(1) Where a borough, whether with or without a separate court of quarter sessions, contained according to the census of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one a population of less than ten thousand, then after the appointed day all powers, duties, and liabilities of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, or council of the borough, or the watch committee of the borough in relation—

(a) to the police force of the borough, or .

(b) to the appointment of analysts under the Acts relating to the sale of foods and drugs, or

(c) to the execution of the [41 & 42 Vict. c. 74.] [47 & 48 Vict. cc. 13, 47.] Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 to [49 & 50 Vict. c. 32.] 1886, or the [40 & 41 Vict. c. 68.] Destructive Insects Act, 1877, or

(d) to gas meters, or

(e) to weights and measures, if the council exercise any jurisdiction in relation thereto,

shall cease, and, subject to the provisions of this Act as to the members of the police force holding office on the said day, the area of the borough shall for all purposes of the Acts relating to the county police force, or other matters above in this section mentioned, form part of the county in like manner as if it were not a borough;

(2) Provided that nothing in this section shall transfer to the county council any powers, duties, or liabilities under section thirty-four of the [41 & 42 Vict. c. 74.] Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878, as amended by section nine of the [49 & 50 Vict. c. 32.] Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1886.

(3) The urban authority for any borough or town with such population as above in this section mentioned shall cease to be the local authority under the Acts relating to explosives, and the county council shall have the like authority under the said Acts in the said borough or town as they have in the rest of their county.