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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 (c.55)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949

1949 CHAPTER 55 12_13_and_14_Geo_6

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Rats and Mice

    1. 1. Local authorities for the purposes of Part I

    2. 2. Duties of local authorities

    3. 3. Obligation of occupiers of land to notify local authority of rats and mice

    4. 4. Power of local authority to require action

    5. 5. Remedies for failure to comply with notice under s. 4

    6. 6. Additional powers of local authorities in relation to groups of premises

    7. 7. Recovery of expenses under s. 5 or s. 6

    8. 8. Provisions as to threshing and dismantling of ricks

    9. 9. Power of local authority to require information as to interests in land

    10. 10. Authentication of documents, service of notices, etc

    11. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 12. Powers of Minister with respect to functions of local authorities

  2. Part II

    Infestation of Food

    1. 13. Obligation of certain undertakers to give notice of occurrence of infestation

    2. 14. Power of Minister to give directions to certain undertakers for preventing or mitigating infestation

    3. 15. Appeal against directions under s. 14

    4. 16. Powers of Minister in case of failure to comply with directions

    5. 17. Offences against Part II

    6. 18. Power of Minister to delegate to local authorities

  3. Part III

    Supplemental

    1. 19. Control of methods of destruction of pests, &c

    2. 20. Amendment of Agriculture Act, 1947

    3. 21. Regulations

    4. 22. Powers of entry

    5. 23. Application to shipping and aircraft

    6. 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 25. Compensation of officers

    8. 26. Legal proceedings

    9. 27. Financial provisions

    10. 28. Interpretation

    11. 29. Application to Northern Ireland

    12. 30. Short title, repeal and commencement

An Act to re-enact with modifications the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919; to make permanent provision for preventing loss of food by infestation; and for purposes connected therewith.

[30th July 1949]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act saved by Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70), s. 95(2)

C2Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, art. 4, Sch. 1

Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

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