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All licences were subject to conditions for the
safe-keeping of petrol which conformed with those recommended by
the Home Office.
One hundred and six visits were made to the
petroleum stores to ensure that conditions attached to the
licences were complied with.
Two underground storage tanks taken out of use
in 1961 and filled with water as a safety measure were found to
be no longer water-tight and were filled with concrete.
One new installation, to store up to 10,000 gallons
of petrol, was in course of construction at the end of the year.
Anumal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963.
This Act came into force at the beginning of the
year and requires that no person shall keep a boarding establishment
for cats or dogs except under a licence granted by the local
authority.
The object of the Act is to secure that the animals
are kept in suitable accommodation, are suitably fed and exercised,
and that proper precautions are taken to prevent and control
the spread of infectious and contagious diseases. Conditions
to achieve these objects may be attached to any licence granted.
The licensee is required to keep a register of all animals boarded.
One person was granted a licence to keep a boarding
establishemnt for dogs.
Places of entertainmant.
At the request of the Middlesex County Council
the usual annual reports of the sanitary facilities etc., at
the eight premises in the district licensed for public entertainment
were made.
The matters found to require attention at the
premises, all of a minor character, were adequately dealt with
and it was not necessary to comment on any particular matter.
Local Land Charges registration enquiries.
Information was supplied in respect of 627
enquiries relating to properties in Friern Barnet.
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