# Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, Paragraph 1


Any area and any body which immediately before the commencement of this Act was a port health district or a port health authority by virtue of section 5 of the Public Health Act 1936 (which related to former port sanitary districts and port sanitary authorities) shall continue to be known as and styled a port health district or a port health district or a port health authority, as the case may be ; and any reference in any Act or other document to port sanitary districts or port sanitary authorities shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/22/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-control-of-disease-act-1984/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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