# Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916, Section 5: Provisions as to notification of diseases.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Notwithstanding anything in the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, or in any other Act, or in any Order of the Local Government Board, the following provisions shall have effect:—
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(b) Every case of any such disease occurring in any building, tent, van, shed, or similar structure in the occupation of any of His Majesty’s forces, or of any person employed under the Ministry of Defence shall be notified to the chief administrative medical officer of the Health Board for the area by the medical attendant if it would have been his duty to notify it if it had occurred elsewhere; and the Health Board shall pay to the medical attendant (unless he is a medical officer who holds a commission in any of His Majesty’s forces) for the certificate or notification a fee of one shilling, whether the case occurs in his private practice or otherwise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/12/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-emergency-provisions-act-1916/section-5
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