Public Health Act 1936

342 Application of portions of Act to London.

(1) In any Part or section of this Act which is declared to extend to London any reference to a local authority shall be construed as including a reference to the Common Council of the City of London and the council of a metropolitan borough, and any reference to the district of a local authority shall be construed as including a reference to the City of London and to a metropolitan borough.

(2) For the purposes of their functions under any such Part or section of this Act as aforesaid, the Common Council of the City of London and the council of a metropolitan borough may borrow—

(i) in the case of the Common Council of the City of London, under and in accordance with the City of London Sewers Acts, 1848 to 1897, as amended by any subsequent enactment;

(ii) in the case of the council of a metropolitan borough, in the like manner, and subject to the like conditions, as for the purposes of the Metropolis Management Acts, 1855 to 1893.

(3) The provisions of those sections of this Part of this Act which are specified in the Second Schedule to this Act shall extend to London in so far as they are material for the purposes of any other provisions of this Act which so extend.