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(other than registered pharmacists) on the list maintained by the Council
was 128. Of this number, six were new registrations during the year.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT. 1951.
This Act regulates the use of clean filling materials in upholstered
articles and other articles which are stuffed or lined.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Act makes it unlawful to use
prescribed filling materials except on premises registered by a local
authority. The local authority are required, on the application of the
occupier of premises, to register the premises on payment of a
registration fee of One Pound. At the end of the year, there were
twenty-one registered premises in the borough.
If on registered premises there are unclean filling materials, the
occupier shall be guilty of an offence. It is also an offence to sell or
offer for sale any article which is upholstered with unclean filling
materials (second-hand articles are accepted).
Inspections of the registered premises were made during the year
and the eight under-mentioned samples of rag flock and other fillings
were taken for analysis. The results were all satisfactory.
Description
No. of
samples
Rag Flock 1
Coir Fibre 1
Unused Cotton Felt 2
Feathers and Down 1
Hair and Fibre Mixture 1
Algerian Fibre 1
Skin Wadding 1
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951.
This Act requires that no person shall keep a pet shop except under
the authority of a licence issued by the Council and in compliance with
any conditions specified in the licence.
During the year, nine premises were licensed under the Act. No
contraventions of the Act were found during regular inspections of the
premises, and at all times the stock was we'll cared for and maintained
in accordance with the conditions specified in the licence.
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT. 1963.
This Act provides that no person may keep a boarding establishment
for animals (defined as any dog or cat) in the borough except under the
authority of a licence granted by the Council.
At the present time there are no animal boarding establishments
in the borough.
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT. 1961.
This Act empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations