Sanitary Act 1866

Sanitary Act 1866 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Law relating to the Public Health.
Citation	29 & 30 Vict. c. 90
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1866

The Sanitary Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 90), sometimes called the Public Health Act 1866, ^[2] 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. ^[3]

From and after 1 November 1867, the Sanitary Act 1866, so far as it applied to Scotland, was repealed by section 2 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.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). ^[4] The whole act, so far as it related to Ireland, was repealed by sections 279 and 294 of, and Schedule A to, the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878. ^[5] The whole act, except section 41, was repealed by section 142(1) of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the Public Health (London) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict.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). ^[6]

Parts I, II and III, except so far as related to the Metropolis or to Scotland or Ireland, were repealed by section 343 of, and Part I of Schedule V to, the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict.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). ^[7]

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 14 of the Public Health Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 79). Glen said that the effect of this was that "the town council, as far as regards appointments of committees for purposes of the Sanitary Acts, must proceed under the Municipal Corporation Acts, or under" section 36 of the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63). ^[8]

Section 19

The words "not already under the operation of any general Act for the regulation of factories or bakehouses" (so far as unrepealed) were repealed by section 107 of, and the Sixth Schedule to, the Factory and Workshop Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 16). ^[9]

Section 41

This section was repealed by section 308 of, and the Seventh Schedule to, the Public Health (London) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 50). ^[10]

References

• Michael, William Henry. The Sanitary Acts: Comprising the Sewage Utilization Act, 1865, and the Sanitary Act, 1866, and various selections of other Acts incorporated therewith. H Sweet. Stevens and Sons. London. 1867. Google Books. Internet Archive.
• Austin, Robert Cecil. The Sanitary Act, 1866, with Notes, Statutes, &c. Nicholls Bros. Frederick Street, London. 1867. Internet Archive.
• Hutchins, James B. The Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict., c. 90); and the Sewage Utilization Acts of 1865 and 1867 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 75, and 30 & 31 Vict. c. 113). Third Edition. Knight and Co. London. 1867.
• "The Sanitary Act, 1866". Halsbury's Statutes of England. (The Complete Statutes of England). First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Limited. 1930. Volume 11. Pages 1005 to 1006.
• Paterson, William (ed). "Public Health Act". The Practical Statutes of the Session 1866. Horace Cox. Wellington Street, London. 1866. Pages 178 to 202.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by 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.
2. The Factory and Workshop Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 16), section 106(11); the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 52), third paragraph of proviso to section 107.
3. A. J. Ley, A History of Building Control in England and Wales 1840-1990
4. A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. 1867. p 625.
5. 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. p 493.
6. 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. p 541.
7. 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. p 494.
8. William Cunningham Glen. The Public Health Act 1872; and the Relative Acts of the Session 35 & 36 Vict. Butterworths. Knight and Co. London. 1873. Page 10, note (2).
9. 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. p 188.
10. 1935-36 The Public General Acts. Published by the Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited. London. 1936. Volume 2. Pages 1663 and 1685.