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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Inspection, etc., of Milk and Dairies.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day
of February, 1895,

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the third section of “The Public Health
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1881,” it is enacted that
the Governor in Council may from time to time make such
regulations as he shall think fit for the following purposes,
or any of them, and so that such regulations may either be
of general application throughout the whole colony, or may
only apply to one or more districts:—
(1.) For the registration with the Local Board of all per-
sons carrying on the trade of cowkeepers, dairy-
men, or purveyors of milk;
(2.) For the appointment of Inspectors of milk and
dairies;
(3.) For the inspection of cattle in dairies, and for pre-
scribing and regulating the lighting, ventilation,
cleansing, drainage, and water-supply of dairies,
and cowsheds, and yards in the occupation of per-
sons following the trade of cowkeepers or dairymen
or used by them in connection with such occupa-
tion;
(4.) For securing the cleanliness of milk-shops, milk-
stores, and of milk-vessels used for containing
milk for sale by such persons;
(5.) For prescribing precautions to be taken for protect-
ing milk against infection or contamination, and
for prohibiting the sale of milk in cases where the
public health would be likely to be endangered by
such sale;
(6.) For authorising Local Boards to make regulations
for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, sub-
ject to such conditions, if any, as the Governor in
Council may prescribe:
And whereas it is desirable that regulations should be made
for the aforesaid purposes, such regulations to be in force in
the districts hereinafter mentioned:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers
and authorities contained in the above-recited Act, and of
all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling him in
this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the
regulations hereinafter set forth, and doth hereby declare
that such regulations shall, on and after the first day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, apply
to and be in force in the following districts, namely:—
The Borough of the City of Wellington,
The Borough of Melrose,
The Borough of Onslow,
The Borough of Petone,
The Borough of Lower Hutt,
The Borough of Karori,
The County of Hutt,
The Town District of Johnsonville,
The Road District of Makara,
The Road District of Seaton.

REGULATIONS.

In these regulations the following words and expressions
shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them, unless there
be something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction:—
“Local Board” means the Local Board of Health, con-
stituted by “The Public Health Act, 1876”:
“District” means the area comprised within the juris-
diction of a Local Board:
“Inspector” means any person appointed by any Local
Board to act as the inspector of dairies, cowsheds,
and milk-shops or stores, and shall include any
person to whom the Inspector may, with the consent
of the Local Board, delegate his powers or any of
them:
“Clerk” means any person appointed as Town Clerk
under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” or
holding an analogous appointment under any body
included in the term “Local Board”:
“Dairy” means any building, shed, or place used for the
purpose of depositing, keeping, or storing milk or
cream

“Cowshed” means any building, shed, stall, or covered
place used for the purpose of milking, stalling, or
stabling of cattle:
“Dairy premises” means any building, shed, land, or
place used for stalling, grazing, feeding, or milking
cattle for producing milk or cream to be sold or
supplied, or any building for the deposit, keeping, or
storing of milk or cream when so produced:
“Milk-shop or store” means any building, shed, or place
used for the purpose of depositing, storing, or ex-
posing milk or cream for the purpose of selling or
disposing thereof:
“Dairyman” means the occupier of any dairy premises
as herein defined, or any person engaged in the pro-
duction of milk for sale or supply for profit to other
persons:
“Milk-vendor” means the occupier of any milk-shop or
store as herein defined, or any person engaged in the
distribution or storage of milk for sale or supply for
profit to other persons:
“Keep” means keep, retain, or to permit to remain,
whether permanently or temporarily.

Registration.

It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in any
district the trade of dairyman or milk-vendor unless he is
registered as such in accordance with these regulations.
There shall be kept at the office of the Local Board a
register of all persons from time to time carrying on in the
district the trade of dairyman or milk-vendor, and such
register shall from time to time be revised and corrected.
The Local Board shall, in manner hereinafter mentioned,
register every such person; but the fact of such registration
shall not be deemed to authorise such person to occupy as a
dairy, cowshed, milk-shop, or store any particular building,
or in any way preclude any proceedings being taken against
such person for non-compliance with or infringement of any
of these regulations or any future regulations which may
hereafter be made for any of the purposes specified in the
3rd section of “The Public Health Act 1876 Amendment
Act, 1881.”
Every person desiring to be registered shall fill in with
the required particulars, and hand to the clerk at the office
of the Local Board or Local Boards within whose dis-
trict or districts such person carries on, or proposes to carry
on, the trade of dairyman or milk-vendor, an application to
be provided for that purpose by the Local Board free of ex-
pense. The particulars required to be stated in such appli-
cation shall be—
(a.) The occupation of the applicant, whether dairyman
or milk-vendor:
(b.) The exact address of the place where he exercises or
proposes to exercise such occupation:
(c.) The dimensions of his dairies, cowsheds, and milk-
shops or stores:
(d.) The accustomed number of cattle milked or pro-
posed to be milked on his dairy premises.
Such application shall be in the Form A in the Schedule
hereto.
Within a reasonable time after the receipt by the
Local Board of such application, and upon the Local Board
being satisfied that the dairy premises or milk-shop or store
of the applicant are in accordance with these regulations,
the applicant shall be entitled to receive from the Local
Board, free of expense, a certificate under the hand of the
Clerk that he has been registered in accordance with the
particulars so furnished. The said certificate shall be in the
Form B in the Schedule hereto, and shall have attached
thereto a copy of these regulations.
The production in any legal proceedings of any such
certificate purporting to be signed by the Clerk as aforesaid
shall be prima facie evidence that the person described in
such certificate has been registered in accordance with these
regulations, without any further proof of the signature of the
said Clerk, or of the fact that the person purporting to act
in that capacity was validly appointed.
The Local Board shall from time to time give public
notice by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the
district, and, if they think fit, by placard, handbills, or other-
wise, of registration being required, and of the mode of
registration.
A person who occupies or carries on business in or on
any dairy premises for the purpose only of making and sell-
ing butter or cheese, or both, and who does not carry on
the trade of milk-vendor, shall not for the purposes of
registration be deemed to be a person carrying on the trade
of dairyman or milk-vendor, and need not by reason thereof
be registered.
A person who sells milk of his own cows in small
quantities to his workmen or neighbours shall not, for the
purposes of registration, be deemed by reason only of such
selling to be a person carrying on the trade of dairyman or
milk-vendor, and need not by reason thereof be registered.
Every dairyman shall keep a register, in which he