Section 35 Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “authorised officer of a local authority” means an officer authorised by the local authority in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters of any specified kind or in any specified matter, F1except that the F2designated medical officer and sanitary inspector of the local authority shall by virtue of their appointments be deemed to be authorised officers of that local authority for all the purposes of this Act;

• F3“local authority” means the council of a borough or [ . . . F4 ] district or the Common Council of the City of LondonF5but, in relation to Wales, means the council of a county or county borough;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “public analyst” means public analyst for the purposes of the F6M1Food and Drugs Act 1955, including a deputy public analyst appointed under subsection (5) of section 89 of that Act and acting during any vacancy in the office of public analyst or during the absence or incapacity of the holder of that office;

• “rag flock” means flock which has been produced wholly or partly by tearing up spun or woven or knitted or felted materials, whether old or new, but does not include flock obtained wholly in the processes of the scouring, milling or finishing of newly woven or newly knitted or newly felted fabrics.