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satisfactory and the County Council notified accordingly.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951.
This Act gives the local Authority, inter alia, power to grant
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: four persons are so licensed in this
district one less than last year. No complaints were received nor were
any major contraventions of the conditions observed during visits of
inspection.
RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT. 1959.
The Council employs a Veterinary Surgeon, on a part-time basis, to
inspect the five establishments housing some 110 horses in the district.
The condition of the horses and their accommodation was considered satisfactory.
Two of these establishments, housing 15 and 10 horses
respectively, ceased to function at the end of the year.
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT. 1963.
This Act comes into force on 1st January 19&4 and will require that
no person shall keep a boarding establishment for cats and dogs except
under the authority of a licence granted under the Act by the local
authority. The licence shall specify such conditions as are necessary
to secure the objects of the Act, i.e.5 cleanliness, prevention of the
spread of disease and cruelty etc.
The Council approved a set of general conditions to attach to licences
and one application for a licence was received before the end of the year.
RODENT CONTROL.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949.
A full time rodent operator is employed for treatment of infestations
of rats and mice. The table on the next page summarises the work carried
out during the year in a form to suit the purposes of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.