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Record of
foreign meat
destroyed.
Article X.—Where the Sanitary Authority in pursuance of these Regulations
cause any foreign meat to be destroyed, the Sanitary Authority, before the
destruction of the meat, shall cause the description of, and such other details
as will suffice to identify the particular consignment to be duly recorded, shall
give to the importer a notice in writing of the destruction of the meat,
including the contents of the record, and shall keep the record in their
custody for a period of not less than twelve months.
Certificates
and notices
by post.
Article XI.—A certificate or notice, which, in pursuance of these Regulations,
the Medical Officer of Health is empowered or required, or the
Sanitary Authority are required to give, may be given by properly
addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the certificate or
notice.
Samples.
Article XII.—The Medical Officer of Health may, for any purpose of these
Regulations, take a sample of foreign meat on board a ship, or delivered overside
or landed within the District, and shall dispose of the sample in such
manner as the Sanitary Authority direct.
Improper
landing or
transhipment
of foreign
meat.
Article XIII.—A Master of a ship or another person shall not knowingly
land or put on shore within the District of a Sanitary Authority, any
foreign meat which, in compliance with a requisition of a Sanitary
Authority in pursuance of these Regulations, the importer has caused to be
exported.
Answers to
questions, &c.
Article XIV.—A person, in relation to anything within his knowledge,
shall answer truly all such questions put to him by, and give all such
information to the Officer of Customs or the Medical Officer of Health
as are necessary for any purpose of these Regulations ; and a person
in relation to anything within his knowledge, and material to any purpose
of proceedings in .pursuance of these Regulations, shall make a true
statement, and truly answer any question when required or put by a Justice
or other competent authority in the course and for any purpose of those
proceedings.
Substitutes
for, or assistants
of,
Medical
Officers of
Health.
Article XV.—(1.) The Sanitary Authority may, with Our Consent, appoint
and pay a legally qualified Medical Practitioner to act in the execution of
these Regulations, either in the place of, or as an Assistant to the Medical
Officer of Health.
(2.) The Sanitary Authority may also, with our Consent, appoint or
employ and pay a person to act, under the direction of the Medical Officer of