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Probibition

of alteration, etc. of premises at which dairy is maintained.

Provisions

as to

construction

of premises

at which

dairy is maintained,

etc.

(c) as to the method for the disposal of effluent from any building or other place in which cattle are kept or which is a milk room. (2) The Director may grant or renew any such licence notwith. standing that he is not satisfied as to any one or more or all of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of paragraph (1) if a health officer, other than a veterinary officer or a person performing the duties of a veterinary officer, is satisfied that to do so will not be to the prejudice of the public health.

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 prem- ises 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 six inches of lime-concrete or not less that three inches of cement-concrete composed of one part of cement, thre 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 main tained 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;

(i) have a slope of not less than one in sixty; and

(i) 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—–

(1) not less than thirty-two square feet of floor space; and (ii) not less than three hundred and sixty cubic feet of air space.

(b) For the purposes of this paragraph, two calves, being less than

twelve months of age, shall be deemed to be one animal.

(6) No water closet, dry closet, earth closel or urinal shall be within, or communicate directly with, any building or other place in which cattle are kept in any dairy or which is a milk room.

13. The contents of every catch-pit provided in any dairy in Removal of accordance with the provisions of sub-sub-paragraph (ii) of sub- contents of

catch-pit. paragraph (6) of paragraph (4) of regulation 12 shall be removed therefrom not less than once in every twenty-four bours.

effluent.

14. The effluent from any building or other place in which cattle Disposal of are kept in any dairy or which is a milk room shall at all times be disposed of to the satisfaction of the Director.

washed.

15. The whole of the interior walls (unless exempted by the Walls, c. Director) and the ceilings of any building or other place in which cattle to be time- are kept in any dairy or which is a milk room shall be properly lime- washed during the months of January and July of each year.

dairics.

16 (1) Every building or other place in which cattle are kept in Cleansing. any dairy or to which cattle have access or which is a milk room shall etc. of be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be necessary to ensure that the same is at all times clean to the satisfaction of an inspector.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 15, every building or other place in which cattle are kept in any dairy or which is a milk room shall be scraped and lime-washed whenever required by the Director.

(3) The floor of every such building or other place shall be thoroughly cleansed and all offensive moatter removed therefrom not less than once in every twenty-four hours.

(4) A supply of clean fresh water sufficient for compliance with the requirements of this regulation shall be provided in every dairy.

17. No milk intended for sale shall be deposited or kept in any Storage of place in any dairy, other than in a milk room or, pending the removal milk To a milk room, in any place in which cattle are milked.