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Third Schedule.

Application for licence.

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same food premises to which such licence relates, any kind of food business or other business except that specified in such licence.

(4) Every licence, other than a temporary licence, granted under this regulation shall be renewable annually on the day specified in the fifth column of the Third Schedule.

(5) The grant or renewal of every such licence shall be subjes: to the payment in advance to the Government of the appropriate fee prescribed in the fourth column of the Third Schedule for the class of licence issued:

Provided-

(i) that where any such licence is issued in the second half of any year of licence the fee payable in respect of that year of licence shall be one-half of the fee prescribed; and

(1) that a temporary licence for any period not exceeding seven days may be granted upon payment of a fee of five dollars. (6) Where the Director is satisfied that any licence granted under these regulations is lost or destroyed, the Director may upon payment of a fee of five dollars issue a duplicate thereof,

32. Every application for a licence under regulation 31 shall be made in writing addressed to the Director and accompanied by three copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale, of the whole of the food premises (excluding a stall) to which such licence will relate, and, st far as may be applicable having regard to the nature of business, includ- ing the following particulars—

(a) space allocated to the cooking, preparation or bandling of

open food;

(b) space allocated to the storage of any kind of open food;

(c) space allocated to the serving of meals to customers; (d) space allocated to the cleansing, drying or storage for ready

use of utensils;

(e) sanitary fitments and drainage works;

(f) cloakrooms, passageways and open spaces;

(g) all means of exit, entry and internal communications;

(h) all windows or ducts providing ventilation or, in the case

ventilation by mechanical means, such means;

(7) the siting of all furniture of a substantial and permanent nature including food manufacturing or preparation plant, cooking ranges, refrigeration or cooling equipment, fixed sideboards. washbasins or sinks, drying racks, water tanks and other like equipment:

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( means of refuse storage and disposal.

(2) Every plan submitted for approval under paragraph (1) shall

be accompanied by a statement in writing declaring —

(a) the class of licence required; and

where applicable-

(5) the type of heating equipment and fuel intended to be used;

and

(c) the type and country of manufacture of any air conditioning

plant intended to be installed.

(3) Every plan or such modification thereof as is approved by the Director shall be endorsed to that effect and shall be signed by or on behalf of the Director and one copy shall be returned to the applicant and the remaining two copies shall be retained by the Director.

33. (1) No licence shall be granted under regulation 31 unless Conditions the Director is satisfied, in relation to the premises in respect of which for is

of licence, the application for such licence was made, that-

(a) the plan referred to in regulation 32 has been approved by

the Director and the premises conform thereto;

(6) the means of ventilation provided, whether natural or mechanical or partly natural and partly mechanical, are sufficient in every part of the premises, other than any part used exclusively for storage purposes to safeguard in that respect the maximum number of persons likely to be in such part of the premises at any one time;

(c) sanitary fiuments are provided to a standard not less than that

required by the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, (G.N.A. Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations, 1959: 76/59).

Provided that in the case of any premises to which such regulations do not apply, the Director may approve such lesser standard as, having regard to considerations of public health and the circumstances of the case, he may consider adequate; (d) public mains water is laid on to the premises and that adequate lank storage suitably protected against access of dust and mosquitoes is provided:

Provided that where the Director is satisfied that public mains water cannot reasonably be laid on, for all or any purpose, be may in his discretion approve such other water supply as, having regard to considerations of public health, be considers adequate;

(e) no food room contains any soil fitment or latrine fitment or communicates directly with a room or other place which contains a soil fitment or latrine fitment;