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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Regulations for the Inspection, &c., of Milk and Dairies, Thames District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1896.

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 persons carrying on the trade of cowkeepers, dairymen, or purveyors of milk;

(2.) For the appointment of Inspectors of milk and dairies;

(3.) For the inspection of cattle in dairies, and for prescribing and regulating the lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, and water-supply of dairies, and cowsheds, and yards in the occupation of persons following the trade of cowkeepers or dairymen, or used by them in connection with such occupation;

(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 protecting 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, subject 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 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 October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, apply to and be in force in the following districts, namely:—

The Borough of Thames,

The County of Thames.

REGULATIONS.

1. 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 constituted by “The Public Health Act, 1876”:

“District” means the area comprised within the jurisdiction 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 exposing 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 production 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.”

5. 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 district 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 expense. The particulars required to be stated in such application 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 proposed to be milked on his dairy premises.

Such application shall be in the Form A in the Schedule hereto.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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 otherwise, of registration being required, and of the mode of registration.

9. A person who occupies or carries on business in or on any dairy premises for the purpose only of making and selling 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.

10. 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.

11. Every dairyman shall keep a register, in which he shall enter without delay particulars of all large cattle brought or kept from time to time upon the dairy premises, and shall also enter in such register particulars of the manner in which such cattle are disposed of by him. Such register shall also contain such particulars as are necessary to identify such cattle individually, and shall also contain the names and addresses of the persons from whom such cattle may have been purchased or acquired, and of the persons to whom any such cattle may be sold or disposed of.