Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk
Part V: Prevention, Notification and Treatment of Disease.
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A person who places, or causes or permits to be placed, in a dustbin or ashpit any matter which he knows to have been exposed to infection from a notifiable disease, and which has not been disinfected, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
The local authority shall give notice of the provisions of this section to the occupier of any house in which they are aware that there is a person suffering from a notifiable disease.
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