{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-control-of-disease-act-1984/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-control-of-disease-act-1984/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/22",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-control-of-disease-act-1984",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Authorities administering Act.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “ local authority ” means any of the following—\n(a) a district council;\n(b) in England, a county council for an area for which there is no district council;\n(c) in Wales, a county council or county borough council;\n(d) a London borough council;\n(e) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(f) the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple;\n(g) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A local authority having jurisdiction in any part of a port health district (including the London port health district) shall not discharge in relation to it any functions which are functions of the port health authority.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) substituted (6.4.2010 for E.) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 11 para. 3(2); S.I. 2010/708, art. 6(e) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(2) repealed (6.4.2010 for E.) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 11 para. 3(3), Sch. 15 Pt. 3; S.I. 2010/708, art. 6(e)(f) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(4) repealed (6.4.2010 for E.) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 11 para. 3(3), Sch. 15 Pt. 3; S.I. 2010/708, art. 6(e)(f) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/22/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:29.143511+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."
}