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Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885

48 & 49 Vict. c. 72 · Enacted 14 August 1885 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to amend the Law relating to Dwellings of the Working Classes.

[14th August 1885]C1C2C3C4

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Modifications

C1

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (c. 22)

C2

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

C3

Act repealed (S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI

C4

Act repealed (E.W.) (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 44, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VI Group 1

Contents

  1. 1—2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  2. 3Provision respecting sites of certain metropolitan prisons.
  3. 4—6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. Amendment of General Sanitary Law, &c.
  5. 7General duty of local authority to enforce the law.
  6. 8—10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 11—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 17Short title.
  9. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. Schedule Schedule

1—2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

3Provision respecting sites of certain metropolitan prisons.C1

In the event of the removal from their present sites of Millbank Penitentiary or Pentonville Penitentiary, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and subject to such conditions as they may think reasonable, and in the event of the removal from its present site of Coldbath Fields Prison, or House of Detention, Clerkenwell, it shall be lawful for the justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex if the justices think fit so to do, to sell and convey those protective sites or any part or parts thereof to the Metropolitan Board of Works, at a fair market price.

4—6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

7General duty of local authority to enforce the law.C1

It shall be the duty of every local authority entrusted with the execution of laws relating to public health and local government to put in force from time to time as occasion may arise, the powers with which they are invested, so as to secure the proper sanitary condition of all premises within the area under the control of such authority.

8—10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

11—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

17Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885.

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