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PET ANIMAL5 ACT . 1951
This Act gives the local Authority, inter alia, power to g rant licences
to persons to keep pet shops for the sale of pet animals and to attach to the
licences conditions concerning the cleanliness and general management of the
premises; there are five persons licensed in the district. No complaints
were received nor were any major contraventions of the conditions observed
during visits of inspection.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1951.
This Act controls the use of filling materials in the making of
upholstery. The premises of one furniture manufacturer are registered under
the Act.
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT. 1952.
This Act and the Regulations made thereunder came into operation on the
1st October 1953, after which date it became an offence to manufacture a
heating appliance which does not comply with the requisite standards. No
contraventions were found, this year, of the standards set by the Act and
Regulations for fireguards on heating appliances.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS. 1928 AND 1936.
One licence for storage of petroleum in an underground tank was discontinued
daring the year leaving thirty-four persons on the Register.
One licence was increased by 2,000 gallons following the installation of
an additional tank. The total quantity of petroleum spirit and mixtures
which may be kept on these licensed premises is 38,385 gallons.
The Council adopted new Conditions attaching to licences in September
1956, in anticipation of the Working Party's report because of a defect
appearing in a tank at a filling station in that year. These conditions
wsre modified slightly to come into line with the Working Party1s report
when it was published in 1957.
The actual date of the coming into operation of these conditions,
involving the testing of tanks and pipe lines, was fixed for the 1st January 1957,