Short title, construction and commencement.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Health Act 1925.
(2) Parts I, II , VI and VIII of this Act and the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1907, may be cited together as the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1925 . . .
(3) Parts I, II, VI and VIII of this Act shall be construed as one with the Public Health Acts 1875 to 1907 . . .
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Extent of Act.
(1) This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Northern Ireland, . . .
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(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part IX. of this Act shall extend to England and Wales inclusive of the administrative county of London.
Amendment or adaptation of local Acts, &c.
The Secretary of State may, by order made on the application of any local authority, make such amendments or adaptations of any local Act as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of bringing the provisions of that Act into conformity with the provisions of this Act, . . ..
Application of certain provisions of Part I. of 7 Edw. VII. c. 53, and interpretation.
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(2) In this Act the expression “ local Act ” includes an Act for the confirmation of a provisional order and the order thereby confirmed.
(3) In this Act the expression “ statutory undertakers ” means any person authorised by Parliament to construct, work, or carry on any railway, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, tramway, . . . . . . , . . . or other public undertaking.
Appeals to petty sessional court.
Where any enactment in this Act provides for an appeal to a petty sessional court against a notice, determination, requirement, order or intended order of a local authority under this Act—
(1) Notice in writing of the appeal and of the grounds thereof shall be given by the appellant to the proper officer of the authority
(2) The court may make such order in the matter as they consider reasonable, and may award costs to be recoverable as a civil debt;
(3) No proceeding shall be taken by the local authority, or work executed, until after the determination or abandonment of the appeal;
(4) Notice of the right of appeal shall be endorsed on the order of the local authority and on any notice communicating their determination, requirement or intended order.
Crown rights.
Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of section twelve of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, nothing in this Act shall affect . . . any electronic communications apparatus kept installed for the purposes of an electronic communications code network or the execution for those purposes of any works . . ..
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