Laundry staff to be vaccinated.
Cleanliness of depoti.
Feca.
Schedule.
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as may be moved without difficulty by one man, so near to any wall of any laundry as to obstruct access to any part of such wall. or such furniture or equipment, for the purpose of the cleaning of the same.
(3) No person shall knowingly suffer the existence of any vermin in any part of any laundry.
17. (1) No person shall work in, and no licensee shall knowingly permit any person to work in, any laundry unless such person-
(a) has within the preceding period of three years. been
vaccinated against smallpox; and
(b) is immunized against such other disease as may be specified by the Director under the provisions of paragraph (4).
(2) Failure by any person working in any laundry on demand to produce for inspection by any health inspector or health officer a valid certificate of vaccination against smallpox or of immuniza- tion against such other disease as may be so specified shall be prima facie evidence in any court of a contravention by such person of paragraph (1).
(3) Failure by the licensee of any laundry on demand to obtain the production of, or to produce, for inspection by any health inspector or health officer a valid certificate of vaccination against smallpox or of immunization against such other disease as may be so specified, or a certified copy thereof, showing that any person working in the laundry has been so vaccinated or immunized shall be prima facie evidence in any court of a con- travention by hire of paragraph (1).
(4) The Director may by notice published in the Gazette require persons working in any laundry to be immunized against such diseases as may be specified in such notice.
18. Every licensee of a laundry shall, at all times, cause every part of any premises or place used for the storage, reception or delivery of articles received in connexion with the business of such laundry to be kept in a clean and wholesome condition and in a proper slate of repair so as to prevent the risk of contamination of any articles stored or received therein or delivered therefrom.
19. (1) Every licence issued under these regulations shall be renewable annually on the 1st day of April.
(2) Every such licence shall be granted or renewed upon payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in the Schedule at the District Office for the District in which the laundry is situate:
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Provided that, where any licence is issued after the 30th day of September in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall be one-half of the fee so prescribed.
(3) Where the Director is satisfied that any licence granted under these regulations has been lost or destroyed, the Director may, upon payment of a fee of five dollars, issue a duplicate thereof.
20. The provision of paragraph (2) of regulation 16 shall not apply to any laundry depot.
21. (1) Any person who-
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 4, 10, 11, 13 or 15 or of paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 9. paragraph (1), (4) or (5) of regulation 12, paragraph (1) of regulation 14, paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 16 or paragraph (1) of regulation 17; or
(b) being a person employed or working in a laundry-
(i) fails to submit himself to medical examination when required to do so under the provisions of para- graph (2) of regulation 12; or
(1) fails to cease to work in any laundry when required to do so by the provisions of that paragraph,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) In the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of regulation 7, 8 or 18 or of paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 14. or paragraph (1) of regulation 16, the licensee of the laundry shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under these regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of ten dollars for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.
22. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact- ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these regulations may be brought in the name of the Director.
Exemption of laundry depots from certain provision.
Offences and penalties.
Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought,