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he makes default in complying with the requirements of the notice ;
and the Sanitary Authority may, after the expiration of the period
specified in the notice, do any work required by the notice, and recover
all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in so doing from the persons
making default.
Section 21 enacts that section 59 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, "shall for the purposes " of the above-mentioned Sections
19 and 20, "extend and be applicable to the provision of means" for
giving effect to these " as if the said section were re-enacted herein and
in terms made applicable thereto."
Section 22 enables the Sanitary Authority to require the removal
or alteration of sanitary conveniences (urinals, etc.) accessible from any
street, if so placed or constructed as to be a nuisance or offensive to
public decency. The owner on whom the notice is served becomes
liable, on summary conviction, for failure to comply therewith within
a reasonable time, to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and to a further
fine not exceeding twenty shillings a day for continued default after
such conviction.
Section 23 enables the Sanitary Authority to enforce the removal
of a fixed ashpit where a moveable ashpit, "conforming with the
requirements of any Bye-law or Order made under any statutory
power or authority in that behalf," shall have been provided. There is
a fine, on summary conviction, for default in complying with the notic
within the prescribed period, of not exceeding twenty shillings, and a
further penalty not exceeding ten shillings a day, for continued default
after such conviction. The Sanitary Authority may, if tbey think fit,
bear any reasonable cost and expenses, or part thereof, incurred in
executing work under this Section.
Section 24 gives the Sanitary Authority power of entry if they
have reasonable cause to suppose any house, or part thereof, contains
filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome articles, requiring to be purified
(Section 19), or is "infested with vermin" (Section 20). It also gives
power of entry to any house, premises, etc., for the purpose of