# The London Port Health Authority Order 2024, Schedule: Functions etc assigned to the Port Health Authority


Public Health Act 1936
Section 1(1) (insofar as it relates to sections 45, 49-52, 83 and 264)
Duty to enforce the Act
Section 45
Buildings with defective closets capable of repair
Section 48
Power to examine and test drains etc
Section 49
Rooms over closets of certain types etc
Section 50
Overflowing and leaking cesspools
Section 51
Care of Closets
Section 52
Care of sanitary conveniences used in common
Section 79
Power to require removal of noxious matter by occupier of premises in urban district
Section 81
Byelaws for the prevention of certain nuisances
Section 82
Byelaws as to the removal through streets of offensive matter or liquid
Sections 83-86
Filthy or verminous premises or articles, verminous persons, and provision of cleansing stations
Section 140
Power to close, or restrict use of water from, polluted water supply
Section 141
Power to deal with insanitary cisterns etc
Sections 260, 264-265
Provisions relating to watercourses, ponds, ditches and culverts
Section 268(4)
Nuisances arising from, and byelaws and other matters relating to, tents, vans, sheds etc
Section 269
Power to control use of moveable dwellings
Part 12
Miscellaneous provisions (including powers of entry)
Public Health Act 1961
Section 36
Power to require vacation of premises during fumigation
Section 73
Derelict petrol tanks
Control of Pollution Act 1974
Part 3
Noise
Part 5
Supplementary provisions (including powers of entry and inspection, obtaining information and default powers)
Part 6
Miscellaneous and General
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Section 45M and all functions conferred under the Health Protection (Part 2A Orders) Regulations 2010
Local authority power to apply to a justice of the peace for an order to protect human health from the risk of infection or contamination
Section 46
Duty to arrange for a body to be buried or cremated
Section 48
Removal of bodies to a mortuary or for immediate burial
Building Act 1984
Section 76
Defective premises
Food Safety Act 1990
Food authority functions
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Part 1
Pollution control
Part 3
Statutory nuisance and clean air
Water Industry Act 1991
Section 80
Powers of local authorities in relation to private water supplies
Clean Air Act 1993
Part 3
Smoke control areas
Environment Act 1995
Section 108
Powers of enforcing authorities and authorised officers
Section 109
Power to deal with cause of imminent danger of serious pollution
Health Protection (Local Authority Powers) Regulations 2010
Health protection powers
Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
Regulation of polluting activities

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1161/schedule (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-port-health-authority-order-2024/schedule
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