Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

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Saving for proceedings under local Acts.

292. Where within the district of a sanitary authority any local Act is in force, providing for purposes the same as or similar to the purposes of this Act, proceedings may be instituted at the discretion of the authority or person instituting the same, either under the local Act or this Act, or under both subject to these qualifications:

(1.) That no person shall be punished for the same offence both under a local Act and this Act; and

(2.) That the sanitary authority shall not, by reason of any local Act in force within their district, be exempted from the performance of any duty or obligation to which they may be subject under this Act.