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"(2) For the purposes of regulations made under this Act, articles
"commonly used for the food or drink of man shall be deemed to be
"intended for sale for human consumption unless the contrary is proved.
"(3) In the application of this Act to Scotland, Part IV. of the
"Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, shall be substituted for the
"Public Health Act, 1896.
60 & 61 Vict.,
c. 38.
"2 All regulations made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may
"be before Parliament, and the Rules Publication Act, 1893, shall apply
"to such regulations as if they were statutory rules within the meaning
"of Section I. of that Act, and that Act as so applied shall, notwith"standing
anything in Sub-section V. of Section I. thereof, extend to
"Scotland, with the substitution of a reference to the ' Edinburgh
"Gazette ' for the reference to the ' London Gazette.'
Publication of
regulations,
56 & 57 Vict.,
c. 66.
"3. This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Regulations as to
"Food) Act, 1907."
Short title.
No efforts have been made during the year to carry into effect the recommendations
contained in the Fourth Report of the Royal Commission on
Sewage Disposal, with a view to the formation of River Boards and preventing
the pollution of rivers and shell-fish beds.