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Citation
Interpre- tation.
Licence required to
Carry O trade of dairyman.
PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) ORDINANCE. (Chapter 139).
Dairies REGULATIONS, 1955.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Dairies Regula- tions, 1936.
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "dairyman" includes any keeper of cows or buffaloes for the purpose of trade in milk, and any occupier of a dairy, and in cases where a dairy is owned by a corporation or company includes the secretary or other person actually managing such dairy;
'disease" means any disease of an infectious or contagious nature, and includes, in the case of cattle, any disease of the udder which is liable to cause contamination of the milk;
"food officer" means any person appointed by the Director on the recommendation of the Deputy Director of Health Services for the purposes of these regulations;
"health officer" includes the Deputy Director of Health Services, any medical officer appointed as a health officer by the Governor, any veterinary officer and any officer for the time being performing the duties of a veterinary officer;
"licensee" means any person licensed under these regulations to
carry on the trade of a dairyman.
3. (1) No person shall carry on the trade of a dairyman except under and in accordance with a valid licence issued by the Director.
(2) On any such licence shall be affixed a photograph of the licensee.
(3) Any such licence shall be valid for such period not exceeding one year as the Director thinks fit, and shall be subject to such conditions endorsed thereon as the Director may determine,
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4. No person shall be licensed to carry on the trade of a Information dairyman unless he has furnished full information to the satis required faction of the Director as to his residence, the place where the applicant. milk is kept for sale, the place where the milk is produced, the place where the cattle are kept, the nature of his water supply and the general suitability of his arrangements for carrying on the trade of a dairyman.
5. Any health officer or food officer may enter and inspect Power of any premises occupied by a licensee, whether as a dairy or not, entry for the purpose of ensuing compliance with these regulations.
6. Any licensee shall whilst purveying or selling milk carry Licensee his licence with him and shall produce it when demanded by any licence
to carry health officer or food officer.
with him,
7. No place other than a place specified in a valid licence Only place issued under these regulations shall be used as a dairy.
8. (1) Any building used as a dairy shall be registered with the Director during the month of January in each year or, in the case of an initial registration, on or before being so used.
(2) Application for registration shall be made in a form to be supplied by the Director.
(3) A fee of one hundred and twenty dollars shall be payable annually for such registration:
Provided that in the case of an Initial registration after the 1st July in any year a fee of sixty dollars shall be payable therefor,
9.
specified in Licence to be used as a dairy.
Registra-
ion of buildinga used as dairies.
Any dairy shall be adequately lighted and ventilated to Lighting the satisfaction of the Director.
10. In any dairy-
and ventila- tion.
Structural require.
(a) the floor shall be paved with a layer of not less than six ments.
inches of lime-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;