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conviction to a fine not exceeding in the case of a first offence five
pounds and in the case of a second or subsequent offence fifty pounds,
and if the offence is a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding
forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues.
The Public Health (Imported Milk) Regulations, 1926,
dated July 6, 1926, made by the Minister of Health.
The Minister of Health, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon
him by the Public Health Act, 1875, the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, the Public Health Act, 1896, the Public Health (Regulations as to
Food) Act, 1907, and Section 8 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, and of every other power enabling him in that behalf, hereby
makes the following Regulations, that is to say:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Imported
Milk) Regulations, 1926, and shall come into operation on the 1st day
of January, 1927.
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
"The Minister" means the Minister of Health.
"Sanitary Authority" means a Port Sanitary Authority, and the
Conncil of a Borough or Urban or Rural District which includes or
abuts on any part of a Customs port which part is not within the
jurisdiction of a Port Sanitary Authority.
"District" means the District of a Sanitary Authority, and in
the case of a Sanitary Authority other than a Port Sanitary Authority,
include the waters of any Customs port abutting on any part of their
district so far as such waters are not within the district of a Port
Sanitary Authority.
"Milk" means milk (including skimmed milk and separated milk
but not including condensed or dried milk) which is intended for sale
for human consumption or for use in the manufacture of products
for human consumption.
"British Islands" means Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and the Isle of Man.
"Imported Milk" means milk imported into England or Wales
from any place situated outside the British Islands.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of these
Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3.—(1) Every Sanitary Authority shall enforce and execute these
Regulations and shall keep a Register of persons to whom milk imported
into their district may be consigned.
(2) Any Officer of the Sanitary Authority duly authorised in that
behalf, may take a sample of any milk imported into the district.
4. No person shall receive any milk consigned to him from any place
outside the British Islands unless he is registered under these Regulations
by the Sanitary Authority into whose district the milk is imported.
5. All imported milk shall be in such condition that, on a sample
being taken within the district of a Sanitary Authority, the milk shall
be found to contain not more than 100,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre
and to be free from tubercle bacilli.
6.—(1) If the Sanitary Authority are satisfied that any milk imported
into their district does not comply with the provisions of these Regulations,
they may serve upon the person to whom the milk was consigned
a notice to appear before them not less than seven days after the date
of the notice, to 6how cause why they should not, for reasons to be
specified in the notice, remove him from the register, either absolutely
or in respect of any specified source of supply, and if he fails to show
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