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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT 1951.
This Act deals with the conditions under which rag
flock and other filling materials are used in the making
of matresses, chairs and similar articles.
There is only one trader in the district whose
premises come within the scope of the Act. These
premises have been registered.
PET ANIMALS ACT 1951.
This Act makes it unlawful to keep a pet shop unless
licensed to do so by the local authority, who may impose
conditions to the licence, broadly speaking, to prevent
cruelty and the spread of infection. Among other matters
the Act makes it illegal to sell an animal as a pet to a
child under the age of 12 years. The Council have
adopted conditions for the granting of licences which
closely conform to those recommended by the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Two persons were granted licences, but by the end of
the year one shop had been closed.
HEATIG APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT. 1952.
The intent of this Act is to prevent likelihood of
injury by burning, and gas fires, electric fires and oil
heaters, designed for use in residential premises, are
required to be fitted with guards. Standards of construction
and fitting of these guards are laid down.
Visits were made to the various shop premises to
ensure that no unsatisfactory appliances were being offered
for sale, and no contraventions of the Act were
observed.
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