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been taken. Provision is made regarding the composition of the fumigant and containers,
regarding precautions to be taken in transferring fumigant from one container to another;
and for the necessity of having protective apparatus and first aid equipment available.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
This Act, which received the Royal Assent on 22nd June, 1951, and came into
operation on the 1st April of the current year, makes it an offence for a pet shop to be
kept except under the authority of a licence granted by a county borough, metropolitan
borough or county district council. It also makes it an offence to sell animals as pets
in any part of a street or public place except at a stall or barrow in a market, or to sell
an animal as a pet to a person where there might be reasonable cause to believe the
person to be under the age of twelve years.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
The object of this Act is to secure the use of clean filling materials in upholstered
articles which are stuffed or lined. It repeals the Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928, and
Section 136 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Premises where certain specified filling materials are used in connection with the
stuffing of bedding and toys, the lining of baby carriages, etc., are required to be registered
by a local authority, and premises used for the storage or manufacture of rag
flock are required to be licensed by a local authority. The fee in each case is £1. The
authority may refuse to grant or renew a licence if it appears to them that the premises
are not sufficiently equipped to ensure that clean rag flock is manufactured or stored.
It is the duty of a local authority to secure the inspection of registered or licensed
premises as often as necessary, and power is given for an authorised officer to enter such
premises, or premises which he believes should be registered or licensed, at all reasonable
times to inspect the materials or articles found therein. Provision is also made for
the taking of samples of the filling materials and their submission to the public analyst
for testing.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1951.
The Regulations, which came into operation on 1st November, 1951, prescribe standards
of cleanliness for each kind of filling material to which the Rag Flock and Other
Filling Materials Act, 1951, applies. The Regulations also specify the prescribed analysts
for the purpose of tests under the Act, and fix the fees which may be charged by any
analyst making such a test, and the form in which a certificate of the results is to be
given. They also prescribe the form in which records are to be kept by occupiers of
premises registered or licensed under the Act.