Complaint of the existence of a statutory nuisance under this Act may be made to a justice of the peace by any person aggrieved by the nuisance, and thereupon the like proceedings shall be had, with the like incidents and consequences as to the making of orders, penalties for disobedience of orders and otherwise, as in the case of a complaint by the local authority, but any order made in such proceedings may, if the court after giving the local authority an opportunity of being heard thinks fit, direct the authority to abate the nuisance.
Section 99: Power of individual to make complaint as to statutory nuisance.
Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk
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Part III: Nuisances and offensive trades.
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