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RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911
The Local Government Board on June 8th, 1912, issued
an Order, making the following Regulations under Section
1, Sub-section (1) of the Rag Flock Act, 1911:—
Article I.—Flock shall be deemed to conform to the
standard of cleanliness for the purposes of Sub-section
(1) of Section 1 of the Act, when the amount of soluble
chlorine, in the form of chlorides, removed by thorough
washing with distilled water at a temperature not
exceeding 25 degrees Centigrade from not less than 40
grammes of a well-mixed sample of flock, does not
exceed 30 parts of chlorine in 100,000 parts of the
flock.
Article II.—These Regulations may be cited as "The
Rag Flock Regulations, 1912." and shall come into
operation on the First day of July, One thousand nine
hundred and twelve.
Sub-section (1) of Section 1 of the Rag Flock Act, 1911,
enacts as follows:—
(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or
have in his possession for sale flock manufactured from
rags or to use for the purpose of making any article
of upholstery, cushions, or bedding, flock manufactured
from rags, or to have in his possession flock manufactured
from rags intended to be used for any such
purpose, unless the flock conforms to such standard of
cleanliness as may be prescribed by regulations to be
made by the Local Government Board, and, if any
person sells or uses or has in his possession flock in
contravention of this Act, he shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding, in the case of a
first offence, ten pounds, or in the case of a second or
subsequent offence fifty pounds.