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Interpretation.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 72.
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13. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,—
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The expression “local authority” means an urban sanitary authority, an urban district council, or a rural district council:
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The expression “district of the local authority” means an urban sanitary district, an urban district, or a rural district:
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The expression “daily penalty” means a penalty for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor:
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The expressions “lands,” “premises,” “owner,” “street,” “house,” “drain,” and “sewer” have respectively the same meaning as in the Public Health Acts:
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The expressions “clerk,” “medical officer,” “surveyor,” and “inspector of nuisances” mean the clerk, medical officer of health, surveyor, and inspector of nuisances respectively of the district of the local authority:
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The expression “dairy” includes any farm, farmhouse, cowshed, milk store, milk shop, or other place from which milk is supplied or in which milk is kept for the purposes of sale within (unless otherwise expressed) the district of the local authority:
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The expression “dairyman” includes any cowkeeper, purveyor of milk, or occupier of a dairy within (unless otherwise expressed) the district of the local authority:
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The expression “infectious disease” means any infectious disease to which the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, for the time being applies within the district of the local authority:
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The expressions “the commencement of this Part” and “the commencement of this section” used in relation to any Part or section of this Act mean respectively the date at which, by an Order made by the Local Government Board, or by the Secretary of State as the case may be, in pursuance of this Act, and subject to any conditions or adaptations specified in that Order, the Part or section is declared to be in force:
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Other expressions to which a special meaning is asssigned by the Public Health Act, 1875, have respectively the same meaning in this Act as they have in that Act.
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