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(b) from the parish council or parish meeting of any parish 



within a county district ; or 



(c) from the sanitary authority of a district within which 



milk is supplied from any dairy in a county dis- 

 trict; or 



(d) from the council of the county in which a county district 



is situated, 



it appears to the Local Government Board, after holding a local 

 inquiry, that the council of that county district have failed to fulfil 

 their duties, whether as sanitary authority or otherwise, under this 

 Act, the Board may by order declare the council to be in default, 

 and may either 



(i.) make an order directing the council within a time limited 

 by the order to take such action or do such things 

 as may be specified in the order for the purpose of 

 remedying the default, and any such order may be 

 enforced by mandamus, or 



(ii.) make an order empowering the person named therein 

 to perform the duties of the council, and upon such 

 appointment sections two hundred and ninety -nine 

 to three hundred and two of the Public Health Act, 

 1875, shall apply. 



11. (1) Any notice, order, or other document required or 

 authorised to be served under this Act may be served by 

 delivering the same or a true copy thereof either to or at the 

 usual or last -known residence of the person to whom it is 

 addressed, or where addressed to the owner or occupier of 

 premises, then to some person on the premises, or, if there is no 

 person on the premises who can be served, then by fixing the same 

 or a true copy thereof on some conspicuous part of the premises ; 

 it may also be served by sending the same or a true copy thereof 

 by post addressed to a person at such residence or premises as 

 above mentioned. 



(2) Any notice required or authorised for the purposes of this 

 Act to be served on a sanitary authority shall be deemed to be 

 duly served if in writing delivered at, or sent by post to, the office 

 of the authority or council, addressed to the authority or council, 

 or their clerk. 



(3) Any notice by this Act required to be given to or served 

 on the owner or occupier of any premises may be addressed by the 

 description of the " owner " or " occupier " of the premises (naming 

 them) in respect of which the notice is given or served without 

 further name or description. 



12. The expenses of local authorities under this Act shall be 

 defrayed 



(a) in the case of a county council, out of the county fund ; 



