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PUBLIC HEALTH (IRELAND) ACT 1878


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Section 1
   2.      Interpretation.
   8.      Powers and duties of district councils.
   11.     Sanitary officers.
   25.     Power of district council to enforce drainage of undrained houses.
   26.     Power of district council to require houses to be drained into new
           sewers.
   27.     Penalty on building house without drains in any district.
   29.     Penalty on unauthorised building over sewers and under streets.
   41.     Power to make byelaws respecting new buildings, &c.
   42.     As to commencement of works and removal of works made contrary to
           byelaws.
   44.     Section 44
   45.     Power of district council to enforce provision of privy accommodation
           for houses.
   46.     As to earth closets.
   47.     Other means of removing house refuse.
   48.     Privy accommodation for factories.
   49.     Public necessaries.
   50.     Drains, privies, &c. to be properly kept.
   51.     Examination of drains, &c. on complaint of nuisance.
   52.     Section 52
   53.     Penalty on neglect of district council to remove refuse, &c.
   54.     Power of district council to make byelaws imposing duty of
           cleansing, &c. on occupier.
   57.     Penalty in respect of certain nuisances on premises.
   58.     Section 58
   79.     Power to close polluted wells, &c.
   80.     Section 80
   81.     Section 81
   102.    Section 102
   103.    Section 103
   104.    Power for sale of undertaking of market company to district council.
   105.    1862 c.89
   105A.   Section 105A
   105B.   Variation of certain stallages, rents and tolls.
   106.    Slaughter-house tolls may include charges for services.
   107.    Section 107
   108.    Section 108
   109.    Duty of district council to inspect district for detection of
           nuisances.
   110.    Information of nuisances to district council.
   111.    District council to serve notice requiring abatement of nuisance.
   112.    On non-compliance with notice, complaint to be made to justice.
   113.    Power of court of summary jurisdiction to make order dealing with
           nuisance.
   114.    Order of prohibition in case of house unfit for human habitation.
   115.    Penalty for contravention of order of court.
   116.    Appeal against order.
   117.    In certain cases order may be addressed to district council.
   118.    Power to sell manure, &c.
   119.    Power of entry of district council.
   120.    Penalty for disobedience of order.
   121.    Costs and expenses of execution of provisions relating to nuisances.
   122.    Power of individual to complain to justice of nuisance.
   123.    Power of officer of police to proceed in certain cases against
           nuisances.
   124.    District council may take proceedings in superior court for abatement
           of nuisances.
   125.    Power to proceed where cause of nuisance arises without district.
   126.    Provision in case of two convictions for overcrowding.
   127.    Provision as to ships.
   128.    Section 128
   129.    Section 129
   157.    Section 157
   159.    Power of district council to provide mortuaries.
   160.    Section 160
   161.    District council to be burial board.
   162.    Vesting of burial ground by Church Temporalities Commissioners.
   163.    On representation duly made, Local Government Board may restrain the
           opening of new burial grounds, and order discontinuance of burials
           in specified places.
   164.    Power to direct local inquiry.
   165.    Local Government Board may postpone order for discontinuance of
           burials, &c.
   167.    Order not to extend to burial grounds of Quakers, unless expressly
           included.
   168.    Penalty on persons burying contrary to the provisions of orders.
   169.    1856 c.98
   170.    New burial grounds not to be opened contrary to order.
   171.    No corpse to be buried in private grave without consent.
   172.    No animal to be allowed to graze in burial places.
   173.    Upon requisition, meeting of board to be convened to determine
           whether burial ground shall be provided.
   174.    When burial grounds are closed by order, board to provide suitable
           burial grounds, &c.
   175.    Consent of owners of houses to new burial grounds, where necessary.
   176.    Board may purchase land for cemeteries, or contract with cemetery
           companies.
   177.    Liabilities of old burial grounds transferred to new burial grounds.
   178.    Management to be vested in burial boards.
   179.    Boards may sell exclusive rights of burial, and rights to erect
           monuments, &c.
   180.    Boards may make arrangements for facilitating the conveyance of
           bodies to burial grounds.
   181.    Places may be provided for reception of bodies until interment.
   182.    Local Government Board may make regulations as to burial grounds,
           &c.
   183.    Exemption of burials from toll.
   184.    Board may lay out and embellish burial ground.
   185.    Provisions of Act extended to additions to existing burial grounds.
   186.    When burial ground not fenced or kept in decent order by owner,
           burial board may serve a notice requiring the same to be fenced,
           &c.
   187.    After six months from service of notice, &c. burial board empowered
           to fence burial ground, and keep the same in order, and take the
           management.
   188.    Burial boards may accept the management of burial grounds.
   189.    Board to fix payments for interments in burial grounds.
   190.    Minutes of proceedings of board to be entered in a book. Board to
           keep accounts, which shall be open to inspection.
   191.    1847 c.16
   192.    Register of burials in every ground provided under this Act to be
           kept by burial board.
   193.    District council may appropriate lands for purposes of Act.
   195.    Certain provisions of 1847 c.65 incorporated with this Act.
   196.    Burial board may let land not required for burials.
   199.    Burial board to keep in order closed burial grounds, &c.
   207.    Not to apply to private mausoleums.
   209.    Transfer of burial grounds.
   210.    Power of Local Government Board to direct inquiries.
   212.    Orders as to cost of inquiries.
   213.    Orders of Local Government Board under this Act.
   214.    Section 214
   215.    As to provisional orders made by Local Government Board.
   216.    Section 216
   217.    Mode of reference to arbitration.
   218.    Regulations as to arbitration.
   225.    Claims under #20 may be referred to court of summary jurisdiction.
   230.    As to regulations of district council.
   231.    Proportion of private improvement rate may be deducted from rent.
   244.    Redemption of private improvement rates.
   245.    Rentcharge may be granted in respect of advances made for private
           improvements.
   249.    Section 249
   250.    Summary proceedings for offences, penalties, &c.
   251.    General provisions as to summary proceedings.
   253.    Restriction on recovery of penalties.
   255.    Proceedings in certain cases against nuisances.
   258.    Recovery of expenses from owners.
   260.    District councils may authorise officers to attend and assist in
           prosecutions.
   266.    Demands may be recovered in Civil Bill Court.
   267.    Notices, &c. may be printed or written.
   268.    Section 268
   269.    Appeal in certain cases to Local Government Board.
   272.    Appeal to quarter sessions.
   276.    Penalty on obstructing execution of Act.
   277.    1847 c.14
   278.    Settlement of differences arising out of transfer of powers or
           property to district council.
   279.    As to construction of incorporated Acts.
   281.    Construction of schedules.
   282.    Section 282
   283.    Reference to arbitration in case of works not within preceding
           section.
   284.    Effect of arbitration.
   288.    Provision as to transfer of powers, &c.
   292.    Saving for mines, &c.
   293.    Saving for proceedings under local Acts.

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