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Phakmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List
numbered 122 at 31st December, 1963.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Five licences were issued by the Council during the year in relation
to premises subject to the provisions of this Act.
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963
This Act, which originated as a Private Member's Bill, came into
operation on the 1st January, 1964. It provides for a system of annual
licensing by local authorities (in London, the metropolitan borough
councils and the City Corporation) of any establishment at which a business
of providing accommodation for cats and dogs is carried on, and for the
inspection by authorised officers of such establishments.
The powers given by the Act are akin to those which the Council
exercises under the Pet Animals Act, 1951, in respect of premises at which
pet animals are sold. As the Council had delegated these latter powers
to the Public Health Committee, it was decided to delegate to that
Committee the exercise of its powers under the Animal Boarding
Establishments Act, 1963.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933—Slaughterman's Licences
The Council during the year granted Slaughterman's licences to 19
men who had been accepted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals to act as their inspectors in different parts of the
country.
These licences are required to be held by the pupils while undergoing
training in humane slaughtering as part of the course for appointment as
inspectors of the R.S.P.C.A.