Section 61(3)

Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), any two or more local authorities may combine for the purpose of declaring an area to be a smoke control area and in that event— but, except as provided in this subsection, references in this Act to the local authority shall, in relation to a building or dwelling, or to a boiler or industrial plant, in the smoke control area, be read as references to that one of the local authorities within whose district the building, dwelling, boiler or plant is situated. the smoke control area may be the whole of the districts of those authorities or any part of those districts; the references in section 18, Schedule 1 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 1 to the local authority shall be read as references to the local authorities acting jointly; the reference in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to a place in the district of the local authority shall be construed as a reference to a place in each of the districts of the local authorities;

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30