1 Local authorities for the purposes of Part I.E+W+S
(1)The local authorities for the purposes of this Part of this Act in England and Wales shall be the Common Council of the City of London and the councils of [F1London boroughs] . . . F2 and county districts:
Provided that—
(a)the local authority for any port health district, whether constituted before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be the port health authority; and
(b)in relation to sewers vested in the council of any county [F3or in the Greater London Council] the functions of the local authority under this Part of this Act shall be exercisable by that council and not by any other authority.
(2)The local authorities for the purposes of this Part of this Act in Scotland shall be the [F4 councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).]
(3)Section six of the M1Public Health Act 1936 (which provides for the constitution of united districts for any of the purposes of that Act) shall have effect as if the purposes of this Part of this Act were purposes of that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 10
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F3Words inserted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 10
F4Words in s. 1(2) substituted (26.1.2009) by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5), s. 128(2), Sch. 2 para. 3 (with s. 127); S.S.I. 2009/9, Sch. 1
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