Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I(ss. 1–44) extended by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 58, Sch. 2 para. 1(1) and by Water Act 1989 (c.15, SIF 81:1), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxi), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
X1(1)In subsection (1) of section 75 of the M1Public Health Act 1961, after paragraph (c) (by virtue of which certain authorities may make byelaws for, among other things, the preservation of cleanliness, order and public safety at any pleasure fair within the meaning of that section) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(d)without prejudice to the generality of the preceding paragraph, for preventing outbreaks of fire which might endanger—
(i)stands, stalls or other structures used or in tended for use in connection with any pleasure fair, or
(ii)caravans used or intended for use as sleeping accommodation in connection with any pleasure fair,
and for reducing the risk of, and the spread of fire from, such outbreaks.”
(2)Subsection (4) of the said section 75 (which provides that nothing in that section or any byelaws under it applies to certain fairs or to places controlled by authorities having powers to make byelaws for those places) shall cease to have effect; but the repeal of that subsection shall not have the effect of applying byelaws made before the repeal comes into force to a fair or place specified in that subsection.
X1(3)At the end of subsection (8) of the said section 75 (which among other things requires the Secretary of State to be satisfied, before he confirms a byelaw under that section, that bodies representing the interests of persons carrying on the entertainments to which that section applies have been consulted about the byelaw) there shall be inserted the words “ and, in the case of a byelaw made in pursuance of subsection (1)(d) of this section, that the fire authority within the meaning of the Fire Services Act 1947 for the area to which the byelaw applies have been so consulted ”.
Editorial Information
X1The text of ss. 17(4), 18(1)-(4), 19(6), 22(1)(3), 27(1)(3)(5) and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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