{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleansing-of-persons-act-1897/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/60-61/31",
  "legislation_title": "Cleansing of Persons Act 1897",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleansing-of-persons-act-1897",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application to Ireland.",
  "text": "In the application of this Act to Ireland,—\n(1) The expression “local authority” means a sanitary authority under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts 1878 to 1896:\n(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:\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/60-61/31/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:23.316119+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}