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2. Every animal shall at all times be kept in accommodation
suitable for the species of animal as respects size,
temperature, lighting, ventilation and cleanliness.
3. All animals shall be adequately supplied with suitable
food and drink and visited at suitable intervals.
4. No animal shall be sold unweaned, or, if weaned, at
an age which it should not have been weaned.
5. All reasonable precautions shall be taken to prevent
the spread among animals of infectious diseases and, in
particular, no animal which is suffering from or could reasonably
be suspected of having been in contact with any
other animal suffering from an infectious disease shall be
brought or kept on the premises unless it is properly
isolated.
6. Animals, goods and equipment shall not be placed
or kept outside the shop so as to render ingress or egress
difficult in case of fire or other emergency.
7. A supply of water and sand and/or an efficient fire
extinguisher must always be available on the premises. In
the case of lock-up premises, the licensee shall appoint a
responsible person residing within a reasonable distance of
the premises to have custody of the key outside business
hours. The name and address of such person shall be displayed
in legible characters on the front door or windows of
the premises and be notified to the local police.
8. Animals shall not be handed to customers in paper
bags or other unsuitable containers.
9. Where animals are kept in cages, hutches, boxes or
other receptacles placed on top of other cages, hutches,
boxes or other receptacles effective means shall be provided
for preventing water, food or other droppings falling on to
or contaminating the animals or receptacles which are
underneath.
On the receipt of applications for licences, the Council's
sanitary inspectors visited the premises concerned to
ascertain whether they were suitable in all respects for the
purpose of a Pet Shop, and periodical inspections were made
following the issue of licences to ensure that the conditions laid
down therein were being observed. No infringements of the
Act were reported.
Eighteen licences were granted during the year and at the
end of the year there were 14 licensed Pet Shops in the Borough,
tour having discontinued business.