1986 Ed.} Offensive Trades (Urban Council) By-laws [CAP. 132
(2) The licensee shall cause all apparatus, equipment or machinery used in the preparation or processing of materials to be thoroughly cleansed not less than once in every 24 hours during any period in which business is carried on.
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10. The licensee shall at all times cause any machinery used for the purpose of controlling or disposing of noxious or injurious vapours, dust or effluents which may be discharged in the carrying on of the offensive trade to be maintained in good working order.
11. (1) Every licensee shall, at all times, cause the walls, floors, doors, windows, ceilings, wood work and all other parts of the structure of the premises in which he carries on an offensive trade to be kept in such good order, repair and condition as to-
(a) enable them to be effectively cleansed;
(b) prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, infestation of the premises by vermin; and
(c) prevent absorption of noxious matters into any parts of the structure of the premises.
(2) If it appears to the Council, on the report of a health officer or health inspector, that any premises, or any part of any premises, in which an offensive trade is carried on are or is, by reason of uncleanliness, want of repair or structural condition, in such a state as to be, or to be likely to become, a nuisance, the Council may cause a notice to be served upon the licensee requiring him to cleanse, disinfest, limewash, repair or modify such premises, or such part thereof, in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice and as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary to abate the nuisance or remove the likelihood thereof.
(3) If any licensee on whom a notice is served under the provisions of paragraph (2) fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof, the Council may execute, or cause to be executed, such work as may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of such notice and may recover any expenses thereby incurred from the licensee.
12. No person shall use for dwelling purposes any part of any premises in which any work, other than clerical work, in connexion with the carrying on of an offensive trade is performed:
Provided that the provisions of this by-law shall not apply to not more than 2 persons, or such greater number of persons as the Council may in writing permit, employed as caretakers.
13. Every licensee shall cause all materials which have been received upon any premises used by him for the carrying on of an offensive trade and which are not immediately required for use to be so stored as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, the emission therefrom of noxious or injurious effluvia and the spread of vermin.
disposal of vapours, etc.
Maintenance of premises and prevention of vermin.
Premises not to be used for dwelling purposes.
Storage of materials.
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