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The Act imposes a duty on occupiers to give notification of infestation
by rodents. It also provides that it shall be the duty of the Local
Authority to ensure, as far as practicable, that their district is kept free
from rats and mice.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries reimburse to the City
Council, in the form of a grant, 50 per cent. of the approved expenditure
on work carried out under the Act, except for expenditure incurred in
commercial premises. This expenditure is recovered from the occupiers
utilising the Council's rat catching services.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
The provisions of this Act came into force in April, 1952, and from
this date no person may carry on the business of a pet shop without a
licence granted by a local authority. In granting a licence the local
authority impose conditions relating to a number of matters referred to
in the Act, such as steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases,
and may also impose other relevant conditions which it may consider
necessary. With a view to securing uniformity in the conditions imposed
in the County of London, the City Council adopted model conditions
prepared by the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee on
the advice of the Borough Medical Officers of Health Committee and the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.