The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 558

Port Health Authorities, England

The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017

Made

30th March 2017

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 2(3) and (4)(b), 3, 4(1) and 5(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(1) and section 241 of the Local Government Act 1972(2).

The Secretary of State for Health has given notice as required by sections 2(6) and 4(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(3) and has not received any notice of objection.

(1)

1984 c.22; section 3 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (“the Act”) was amended by the Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16), Schedule 3, paragraph 26. In addition, section 5(2) was amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14), Schedule 11, paragraph 4.

(2)

1972 c.70; section 241 has been extended by section 3(3) of the Act.

(3)

Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an order under section 2 of the Act, the Secretary of State is required, under section 2(6), to give notice of the proposal to every riparian authority who will under the order be liable to contribute to the expenses of the port health authority. In addition, if a port health authority order is to be revoked, under section 4(2), the Secretary of State must also give notice to the port health authority concerned and every authority which is, or under the proposed order will be, a constituent authority.