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PET ANIMALS ACT,1951
This Act regulates the sale of pet animals and empowers a local authority (in London a
Metropolitan Borough) to grant licences to keep a pet shop on payment of a fee not exceeding
ten shillings.
Eight licences were renewed during the year, the number remaining unchanged.
No contraventions of the Act were found during inspections.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
The retail sale of poisonous substances by shopkeepers who are not registered pharmacists
is controlled by the Act and Rules made thereunder.
The Poisons List, which has been prepared by the Poisons Board and confirmed by the
Home Secretary, prescribes two Lists of Poisons - Part I and Part II. The sale of poisons included
in Part I is restricted to registered pharmacists whi 1st those included in Part II may be sold to the
general public not only by registered pharmacists, but also (subject to certain conditions) by
ordinary traders whose names are entered on a List of Persons entitled to sell such poisons,
kept by the Local Authority.
The Acts and Rules lay down certain requirements regarding type of container, labelling,
storage, transport and sale of poisons, penalties being prescribed for non-compliance. Fees are
payable to the local authority by persons whose names are entered on the List.
At the end of 1962 there were 143 names on the Council's List and the following changes
took place in the Register during the year:-
Number of listed sellers on Council's register at 1.1.62 146
Number added during the year 10
156
Number who transferred their business or discontinued
the sale of poisons 13
143
46 visits to listed premises were made during the year under review.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 19 51
Under this Act it is unlawful in the course of business to use filling materials to which the
Act applies in any form of upholstery, the stuffing or lining of toys, baby carriages, etc., except
on premises registered by a local authority (in London, a Metropolitan Borough). It is also an
offence to sell or expose for sale on any premises any article containing filling material to which
the Act applies, which is unclean.
The standards of cleanliness for the various types of filling material are laid down in the
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1961.
There are six premises registered in the Borough.