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Public Health Act 1875
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F1306 Penalty on obstructing execution of Act.E+W
Any person who wilfully obstructs any member of the local authority, or any person duly employed in the execution of this Act, . . . F2 shall, . . . F2 be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding [F3level 1 on the standard scale].
Where the occupier of any premises prevents the owner thereof from obeying or carrying into effect any provisions of this Act, any justice to whom application is made in this behalf shall, by order in writing, require such occupier to permit the execution of any works required to be executed, provided that the same appear to such justice to be necessary for the purpose of obeying or carrying into effect the provisions of this Act; and if within twenty-four hours after the making of the order such occupier fails to comply therewith, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every day during the continuance of such non-compliance.
If the occupier of any premises when requested by or on behalf of the local authority to state the name of the owner of the premises occupied by him, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully mis-states the same, he shall (unless he shows cause to the satisfaction of the court for his refusal) be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F3level 1 on the standard scale].
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F1S. 306 repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. I except so far as material for the purposes of any unrepealed enactment in this Act or any Act directed to be construed therewith
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (c. 51), Sch. 11 Pt. I
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
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