View report page

61
expenses incurred by the council in the execution of the
Public Health Acts, or the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
as the case may be.
(3) A council of a borough which is a local authority for
the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914,
may defray the expenses under either of the powers conferred
by this Article or partly under each power, as the council shall
determine.
Powers of Entry.
5. For the purpose of executing and enforcing this
Order any officer of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
may, subject to any directions given by that Board, and upon
production, if so required, of his appointment, enter any
slaughter-house or other premises on which animals are
slaughtered for human food, and examine any animals or
carcases therein ; and any officer of a local authority to which
the preceding Article applies shall, subject to any directions
given by the local authority, have the like power of entry of
premises in the district of the local authority in addition to
any power of entry which he is otherwise entitled to exercise.
Application of Order.
6. This Order applies to England and Wales.
Commencement.
Revocation of Existing Order.
7. This Order shall come into operation on the twentythird
day of August, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and on
that date the Slaughter of Animals Order of 1915 shall cease
to operate, except in relation to proceedings for any offence
committed before such date, and any licence issued under that
Order shall have effect as a licence granted under this Order.
Short Title.
8. This Order may be cited as the Maintenance of Live
Stock Order of 1915.
In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
have hereunto set their Official Seal this eighteenth
l.s. day of August, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
Sydney Olivier,
Secretary.