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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 excepted).
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
Grey Felt Mixture 1
Coir Fibre 1
Unused Cotton Felt 1
Feathers and Down 1
Hair and Fibre Mixture 4 1
Algerian Fibre 2
Grey Hair 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 well cared for and maintained
in accordance with the conditions specified in the licence.
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1961
This Act empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations
imposing, in respect of any prescribed class of goods, requirements
which are expedient to prevent or reduce risk of death or personal
injury.
The Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953
Under the provisions of these Regulations it is an offence to
sell any gas or electric fire, or oil heater, suitable for use in
residential premises, unless it is fitted with an adequate guard. A
careful watch is maintained on the sale of second-hand fires from
stalls in public markets, and throughout the year no offences under
these Regulations were observed.
The Oil Heaters Regulations, 1962 and 1966
These Regulations prescribe certain standards of construction,
design and performance with which both new and second-hand unflued
domestic oil heaters must comply, and make it an offence for any person
to sell, or let on hire, or hire purchase, or have in his possession
for sale, any such heater or component part thereof not complying with
the Regulations.
Power is given in the Regulations to enable local authorities
to test oil heaters to see that they comply with the requirements
which are laid down. The Secretary of State has authorised two
bodies, namely the British Standards Institution and Messrs. Ellis
Research and Testing Laboratories Limited, to carry out the necessary
tests.