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Powers and duties of urban authorities.
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8. Every urban authority shall within their district (to the exclusion of any other authority) have, exercise, and be subject to all the powers rights duties capacities liabilities and obligations exerciseable by or attaching to an urban authority under this Act, and in addition thereto shall within their district (to the exclusion of any other authority) have, exercise, and be subject to all the powers rights duties capacities liabilities and obligations within such district exerciseable or attaching by and to the local authority under the Bakehouse Regulation Act and the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, or any Acts amending the same.
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Where the Baths and Wash-houses Acts and the Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Acts, or any of them, are in force within the district of any urban authority, such authority shall have all powers rights duties capacities liabilities and obligations in relation to such Acts exerciseable by or attaching to commissioners or persons acting in the execution of the said Acts, or any of them.
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Where the Baths and Wash-houses Acts are not in force within the district of any urban authority, such authority may adopt such Acts; and where the Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Acts are not in force within the district of any urban authority, such authority may adopt such Acts.
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Where any local Act other than an Act for the Conservancy of any river is in force within the district of an urban authority, conferring on any commissioners trustees or other persons powers for purposes the same as or similar to those of this Act (but not for their own pecuniary benefit), all the powers rights duties capabilities liabilities and obligations of such commissioners trustees or other persons, in relation to such purposes, shall be transferred and attach to the said urban authority.
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