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4. Animals and stock shall not be placed or kept in or
outside the shop so as to render ingress or egress difficult
in case of fire or other emergency.
5. The licensee shall ensure that a responsible person
shall at all times be in or within a reasonable distance from
the premises for the purpose of giving warning and taking
other necessary steps in the event of fire or other emergency.
In the case of premises which are lock-up, outside business
hours, the licensee shall appoint a responsible person
residing within a reasonable distance to the premises to have
custody of the key. The name and address of such person
shall be displayed in legible characters on the front door, or
windows, of the premises. A supply of water and sand
and/or an efficient fire extinguisher must always be available
on the premises.
6. No animal which is suffering from or could reasonably
be suspected of having come into contact with any
other animals suffering from any infectious disease shall be
brought or kept on the premises unless it is properly isolated
from the other animals therein.
7. Animals shall not be handed to customers in
unsuitable containers.
8. No mammal shall be sold unweaned, or if weaned,
at an age at which it should not have been weaned.
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 other surroundings which
are underneath.
Up to the end of the year 11 licences to keep a pet shop
were issued.
Note.—The Act makes it clear that the word "animal" covers
all creatures which are sold as pets.
London County Council (Ceneral Powers) Act, 1952.
The above Act received the Royal Assent on the 26th June,
1952.
Only one section of the Act affects this Council, i.e., section
26, which deals with restrictions on sales, etc., by dealers in
rags, old clothes and similar articles.