D6
[Subsidiary]
Prohibition of alteration, etc. of premises at which dairy is maintained.
Provisions as to construction of premises at which dairy is maintained, etc.
IN60/1
CAP. 139]
Dairies Regulations.
[1970 Ed.
11. (1) Where a plan of any premises at which it is proposed to maintain a dairy has been approved under regulation 9, no person shall thereafter, save with the permission in writing of the Director, make-
(a) any alteration or addition to such premises which results in a deviation in a material particular from the plan of such premises approved, for the time being, by the Director; or
(b) any material alteration in respect of any of the matters in respect of which provision is made in regulation 12.
(2) The Director may refuse to give his permission for the making of any such alterations or additions as are specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) until he has received and approved a plan showing the same.
12. (1) Every building or other place in which cattle are kept in any dairy or which is a milk room shall be adequately lighted and ventilated.
(2) The floor of every such building or other place shall be paved with a layer of not less than 3 inches of concrete or not less than three inches of cement-concrete composed of one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass through a one-inch ring.
(3) The surface of every such floor shall be rendered and maintained smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement mortar not less than half an inch in thickness or with such other material of such nature and thickness as the Director may approve.
(4) The following provisions shall apply to every building or other place in which cattle are kept in any dairy-
(a) the height of such building or place, at its lowest part, shall be not less than twelve feet, and
(b) the floor thereof shall-
(i) be raised not less than eight inches above the level of the ground surrounding such building or place;
(ii) have a slope of not less than one in sixty; and
(iii) communicate directly, by means of an independent drain, constructed to the satisfaction of the Director, with a covered cement catch-pit.
(5) (a) In every such building or other place in which cattle are kept, every animal shall have-
(i) not less than thirty-two square feet of floor space; and
(ii) not less than three hundred and sixty cubic feet of air space.