§ The Local Government Board shall have power to declare that one of the authorities to execute and enforce regulation made by the Board under Section 130 of the Public Health Act, 1875, with a view to the treatment of persons affected with cholera or any other epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, and preventing the spread of cholera and such other diseases, shall be the council of a county, and that Section shall have effect accordingly as if a county council were an authority within the meaning of that Section.
§ Amendment made: At the end of the Clause, add the words "Provided that, 1446 except in case of emergency, the Local Government Board shall not require the council of a county to execute and enforce any such regulations without the consent of such council."—[Mr. Goldsmith.]