Public Health Act 1936

1 Local authorities for purposes of Act.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to certain special authorities, districts and areas, it shall be the duty of the following authorities to carry this Act into execution, that is to say—

(i) in a county borough, the council of the borough;

(ii) in an administrative county, as respects certain matters, the county council and, as respects all other matters, the councils of county districts, without prejudice, however, to the exercise by a parish council of any powers conferred upon such councils.

(2) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :—

• " local authority " means the council of a borough, urban district or rural district;

• " urban authority " means the council of a borough or urban district;

• " rural authority " means the council of a rural district;

• " district, " in relation to the local authority of a borough, means the borough; and

• " parish, " in relation to a common parish council acting for two or more grouped parishes, means those parishes :

Provided that, in relation to a rural district with respect to which there is in force such a direction as is mentioned in subsection (2) of section forty-two of the [23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 57.] Local Government Act, 1933, any reference in this Act to a local authority, to a rural authority, or to a rural district council shall be construed as a reference to the council by whom the affairs of the district are being temporarily administered.