Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948

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Number 3 of 1948.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SANITARY SERVICES) ACT, 1948.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title, construction and collective citation.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Commencement.
4.	Repeals.
5.	Application of sections 219 to 223 of Act of 1878.
6.	Continuation of existing regulations and bye-laws.
7.	Laying of regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.
8.	Revocation or amendment of order made by the Minister under this Act.
9.	Expenses of the Minister.

Drainage.

10.	Definitions for Part II.
11.	Combined drains.
12.	Provisional drainage order.
13.	Objection to provisional drainage order.
14.	Coming into force of provisional drainage order.
15.	Portion of drainage works to be executed by sanitary authority.
16.	Execution of drainage works by sanitary authority.
17.	Payment to sanitary authority of their expenses in executing drainage works.
18.	Nuisances in drains.

Water Supply.

Temporary Dwellings and Use of Land for Camping.

30.	Bye-laws in respect of use of temporary dwellings.
31.	Prohibition by sanitary authority of temporary dwellings.
32.	Nuisances in relation to temporary dwellings.
33.	Extension of powers of court in certain proceedings.
34.	Use of land for camping.

Baths, Washhouses, Bathing Places, Etc.

35.	Provision of public baths, etc..
36.	Charges for use of public baths, etc.
37.	Life guards and life saving equipment.
38.	Use of swimming baths and bathing places for entertainments.
39.	Instruction in life saving.
40.	Contribution to certain societies.
41.	Bye-laws in respect of public bathing.
42.	Bye-laws for regulation of swimming baths and bathing places.
43.	Public baths, etc., maintained by commissioners of a town not an urban district.

Disposal of Bodies.

44.	Restriction on places in which bodies may be buried.
45.	Maintenance by burial board of grave.
46.	Restriction on exhumations.
47.	Disposal of bodies otherwise than by burial.

Miscellaneous.

48.	Facilities for games or other recreation.
49.	Obstructions in rivers and watercourses.
50.	General expenses and special expenses of rural sanitary authority.
51.	Restriction on building over sewer or water main.
52.	Onus of proof.
53.	General application of Part III of Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.
54.	General application of Parts II, III, V, VI and X of Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907.
55.	Restriction of application of section 251 of Act of 1878.

Enactments Repealed.

Matters for which provision may be made by bye-laws in respect of the use of temporary dwellings.

Matters for which provision may be made by bye-laws in respect of public bathing.

Matters for which provision may be made by bye-laws in respect of a swimming bath or bathing place not maintained by a sanitary authority.

Acts Referred to
Tourist Traffic Act, 1939	No. 24 of 1939
Coroners (Amendment) Act, 1927	No. 1 of 1927
Foreshore Act, 1933	No. 12 of 1933
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925
Local Government Act, 1927	No. 3 of 1927
Public Health (Special Expenses) Act 1931	No. 3 of 1931

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Number 3 of 1948.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SANITARY SERVICES) ACT, 1948.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS, 1878 TO 1931. [14th January, 1948.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—