Sanitary Act 1866

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|short_title=Sanitary Act 1866The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by [https://books.google.com/books?id=SVYMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA399 section 1] of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

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|parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom

|long_title=An Act to amend the Law relating to the Public Health.

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|citation=29 & 30 Vict. c. 90

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|royal_assent=7 August 1866

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|amendments={{ubli|Statute Law Revision Act 1875|Factory and Workshop Act 1878|Coroners Act 1887}}

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The Sanitary Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 90), sometimes called the Public Health Act 1866,The Factory and Workshop Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 16), [https://books.google.com/books?id=v39KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA181 section 106(11)]; the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 52), [https://books.google.com/books?id=SvQB0so2a8EC&pg=PA436 third paragraph of proviso to section 107]. was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act allowed the formation of drainage districts and enabled the provision of better house drainage. The second part of the Act dealt with nuisances and stated that it was the duty of councils to locate nuisances and remove them.A. J. Ley, A History of Building Control in England and Wales 1840-1990

From and after 1 November 1867, the Sanitary Act 1866, so far as it applied to Scotland, was repealed by section 2 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 101).A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. 1867. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pFYMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA625 p 625]. The whole act, so far as it related to Ireland, was repealed by sections 279 and 294 of, and Schedule A to, the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878.The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, passed in the Forty-first and Forty-second Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1878. 1878. [https://books.google.com/books?id=t9UQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA493 p 493]. The whole act, except section 41, was repealed by section 142(1) of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the Public Health (London) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 76).The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, passed in Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1891. 1891. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5QxDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA549 p 541].

Parts I, II and III, except so far as related to the Metropolis or to Scotland or Ireland, were repealed by section 343 of, and Part I of Schedule V to, the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55).The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, passed in the Thirty-eight and Thirty-ninth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1875. 1875. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OVIwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA494 p 494].