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Cleansing of Persons Act 1897

60 & 61 Vict. c. 31 · Enacted 6 August 1897 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to permit Local Authorities to provide Cleansing and Disinfection for Persons infested with Vermin.X1F1F2

[6th August 1897]

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Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (E.W.) by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. V and Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7

F2

Act repealed (S.) (1.10.2009) by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5), s. 128(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with ss. 126(2), 127); S.S.I. 2009/319, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

Editorial notes

X1

This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

Contents

  1. 1Power to local authorities to provide cleansing, &c. for persons infested with vermin.
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3Application to Scotland.
  4. 4Application to Ireland.
  5. 5Short title.

1Power to local authorities to provide cleansing, &c. for persons infested with vermin.

. . . F1 Any local authority shall have the power, when in their discretion they shall see fit, to permit any person who shall apply to the said authority, on the ground that he is infested with vermin, to have the use, free of charge, of the apparatus (if any) which the authority possess for cleansing the person and his clothing from vermin . . . F2

Local authorities may expend any reasonable sum on buildings, appliances, and attendants that may be required for the carrying out of this Act . . . F3

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

3Application to Scotland.

In the application of this Act to Scotland, “local authority” means and includes any local authority under the M1F1Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, and any Acts amending that Act; but the local authority shall not erect buildings for the purposes of section one hereof, except with the sanction of the F2Secretary of State.

4Application to Ireland.

In the application of this Act to Ireland,—

(1)

The expression “local authority” means a sanitary authority under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts 1878 to 1896:

(2)

Any expenses incurred by a local authority in the execution of this Act shall be paid as part of the expenses of such authority in the execution of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts 1878 to 1896, and in the case of a rural authority shall be general expenses:

(3)

A local authority shall not purchase or erect buildings for the purposes of this Act without the consent of the Local Government Board for Ireland.

5Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Cleansing of Persons Act 1897.