1688
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 47

KEEPING OF ANIMALS

32. (a) No person shall allow any animal or poultry to run loose in Ratana Pa, nor in any case keep them so as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, nor in such a manner as to pollute any water used or likely to be used for drinking or other domestic purposes or to be used in a dairy; nor shall any person, after the coming into force of this by-law, permit any pigsty to remain at a less distance than 150 ft. from any house or building, tent, shed, whare, or similar structure, used as a dwellinghouse or school, or from any buildings within which food intended for human consumption is prepared or stored, or at a less distance than 50 ft. from any road or the boundary of any occupied neighbouring property.

(b) Every person who commits a breach of this By-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

PRIVIES

33. The owner or occupier of every dwellinghouse within Ratana Pa shall provide the same with a privy.

34. Every person who shall construct a pan or tube privy in connection with a building shall construct such privy at a distance of 10 ft. at the least from any livingroom, bedroom, or any room where foodstuff is intended to be stored.

35. Water-closets may be attached to a dwellinghouse and every water-closet shall have a sufficient and permanent supply of water for flushing purposes, and shall be connected to a sewer or septic-tank installation, or other such means of disposal as the Inspector of Health may approve. All drainage work, connections, and plumbing work shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Health.

36. It shall be an offence for any person to construct a privy in connection with a building within a distance of 40 ft. from any well, spring, or stream of water, used or likely to be used for drinking or other domestic purpose or otherwise in such a position as to render any such water liable to pollution.

37. Every privy shall in all respects be well and substantially erected. Every privy shall be provided with a sufficient opening for ventilation as near the top thereof as practicable and shall communicate directly with the open air, and it shall be enclosed on all sides, and be provided with a door.

38. The occupier of the premises on which any privy is situated shall keep such privy in a good state of repair and in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition.

39. The owner or occupier of any premises in connection with which a privy has been erected shall use or cause to be used a sufficiency of dry earth or sawdust or ashes so that the excrement shall be so covered that no nuisance shall arise therefrom.

40. Where a pan-privy is used, such privy shall be constructed and cleansed in the following manner—

(a) Every person who shall construct a pan-privy in connection with a building shall construct such privy in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such privy for the purposes of cleaning such privy and of removing filth therefrom;

(b) The seat of a pan-privy, the aperture in such a seat, and the space beneath such seat shall be of such dimensions as to admit of a movable receptacle for nightsoil of a capacity of not less than 1 cubic foot being placed and fitted beneath the seat in such a manner and in such a position as may effectually prevent the deposit upon the floor or sides of the space beneath the seat, or elsewhere than in such receptacle, of any filth which may from time to time fall or be passed through the aperture of such seat;

(c) The seat of such pan-privy shall be so constructed that the whole of such seat or a sufficient part thereof may be readily removed or adjusted in such a manner as to afford adequate access to the space beneath such seat for the purpose of cleansing such space or removing therefrom or placing or fitting therein the appropriate receptacle;

(d) The receptacle in any pan-privy shall be constructed of such material and in such a manner as to prevent any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the contents of such receptacle. The aperture of the seat shall be provided with a cover, which shall be kept over the aperture when the seat is not in use.

41. The occupier of every house shall cause the pans of all pan-privies used in connection with such house to be emptied and properly cleaned at least once in every week, and in any case so frequently as to prevent overflow.

42. It shall not be lawful for any person to bury nightsoil otherwise than in a pit or trench in such a manner and to such a depth as to provide that it shall have a covering of earth of at least 12 in. when the pit or trench is closed.

43. No nightsoil shall be buried within 30 ft. of any dwelling nor 60 ft. of any well.

44. A privy of an approved type may be provided with a pit for the reception of faecal matter in place of a pan, but such pit shall not be placed within 60 ft. of any stream, spring, or well, and shall be at least 30 ft. from any dwelling or place in which food is stored, unless the Medical Officer of Health otherwise directs.

45. The pit of every pit-privy shall be covered by a seat so constructed as to prevent the access of flies to such pit, and for this purpose the aperture of the seat shall be provided with a cover which shall be kept in place when the privy is not in use.

46. The pit of every pit-privy shall be covered in with clean earth before faecal matter therein rises to within 12 in. of the surface of the ground, and the privy shall be thereafter moved.

47. Every person who commits a breach of any of the requirements of By-laws Nos. 33 to 46 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

48. Where the Inspector of Health notifies that an infectious disease exists in Ratana Pa, no hui, gathering, or tangi shall be held until such time as the Pa is declared clear of the disease.

49. No person suffering or suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease shall travel or be removed from the building or other structure wherein he is situated to any dwellinghouse or camp already occupied, without the consent of a nurse, Sanitary Inspector, or Medical Officer of Health, provided that this By-law shall not prevent the removal to a hospital of any person as aforesaid.

50. Where so directed by an Inspector, nurse, or qualified medical practitioner, no person living in a dwellinghouse, building, or camp or other structure where infectious disease exists shall travel to other occupied dwellinghouses or to other districts unless he possesses a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner that he is free from infection.

51. Any person, not acting under the instructions of a qualified medical practitioner or an official of the Department of Health, who treats cases of sickness other than in his own immediate family or allows cases of sickness to collect in any house, structure, or camp owned or occupied by him, shall be deemed guilty of an offence.

52. No person shall remove, for further use, any clothing, blankets, or domestic utensils from any house or other structure in which infectious disease exists or has existed until such material has been properly disinfected to the satisfaction of a nurse, Inspector, or qualified medical practitioner.

53. Any person infringing any of By-laws Nos. 49 to 52 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each offence.

WATER-SUPPLIES

54. Where the water-supply of any dwellinghouse or other structure is drawn from a rain-water tank, it shall be the duty of the owner or occupier of every such dwellinghouse to cause such rain-water tank to be cleaned out at least once in every year and at more frequent intervals should circumstances so require.

HUIS AND OTHER GATHERINGS

55. No person shall hold, promote, or organize any hui, tangi, meeting, or other gathering of persons within Ratana Pa except with the consent of the Board, or otherwise than in accordance with any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Board on the granting of such consent.

56. Every person attending a hui, tangi, meeting, or other gathering of persons within Ratana Pa shall conform to any reasonable direction given to him by the Board or any person acting by and with the authority of the Board.

57. Any person who commits a breach of the provisions of By-law No. 55 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, and any person who commits a breach of the provisions of By-law No. 56 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

ENTERTAINMENT

58. No person shall hold, open, promote, or conduct any concert, entertainment, sport, billiard saloon, rifle gallery, bowling or skittle alley, or any other form or class of amusement within the Pa without the written permission of the Board, or otherwise than in accordance with any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Board on the granting of such permission. Any person, who commits a breach of these provisions shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

59. Any person to whom permission is granted for any of the purposes of the last preceding By-law shall pay to the Board in respect thereof such fee, not exceeding £10, as the Board may require.

STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, AND PEDLARS

60. No person shall hawk, sell, offer, or expose for sale, within Ratana Pa any goods or articles whatsoever except with the written permission of the Board, or otherwise than in accordance with any condition or restrictions imposed by the Board on the granting of such permission. Any person who commits a breach of these provisions shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

61. Any person to whom permission is granted for the purpose of the last preceding By-law shall pay to the Board in respect thereof such fee, not exceeding £10, as the Board may require.

INTOXICATING LIQUOR

62. Any person, who, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, is in any meetinghouse or church or other building or meeting-place where people are assembled within Ratana Pa, and refuses to leave the same when requested so to do by a duly authorized officer of the Board shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

63. (a) Any person who takes or introduces intoxicating liquor into Ratana Pa shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

(b) Nothing in this By-law shall apply to prohibit the taking or introduction of liquor into Ratana Pa in any case where—

(i) The liquor is bona fide required for medicinal purposes on the authority of a registered medical practitioner;

(ii) The liquor is required for religious purposes.

64. Any person who, within Ratana Pa, manufactures any intoxicating liquor shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

65. Any person who within Ratana Pa is found drunk shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.