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The expression "milk" means milk (including cream, skimmed
milk and separated milk), intended for sale for human consumption;
The expresion "dairy" includes any farm, cowshed, milk store,
milk shop, or other place from which milk is supplied on, or for,
sale, but does not include a shop or other place in which milk is
sold for consumption on the premises only.
3. The local authority shall enforce and execute these regulations
and for this purpose shall make such enquiries and take such other steps
as may seem to them to be necessary for securing the due observance of
the regulations in their District.
4. No person who is aware that he is suffering from tuberculosis of
the respiratory tract shall enter upon any employment or occupation in
connection with a dairy which would involve the milking of cows,
the treatment of milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing
milk.
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1912, if a local authority, on the report in writing
of their Medical Officer of Health, are satisfied that a person residing
in their district who is engaged in any such employment or occupation
as aforesaid is suffering from tuberculosis of the respiratory tract and
is in an infectious state, they may by notice in writing signed by the
Clerk or the Medical Officer of Health require such person to discontinue
his employment or occupation on or before the date specified in
the notice, such date being not less than seven days after the service of
the said notice, and such person shall thereupon comply with the said
notice. A notice issued by the local authority under these regulations
shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto.
6.—(1) If any person deems himself aggrieved by a requirement of a
local authority under these regulations, he may, within fourteen days
after the service of notice of the requirement, appeal to a court of
summary jurisdiction and shall in that event give written notice to the
Clerk to the local authority of his intention to appeal and the ground
thereof.
(2) The court may make such order in the matter as may seem
equitable to them, and may award costs, which shall be recoverable
summarily as a civil debt, and the order so made shall be binding and
conclusive.
(3) Upon the hearing of an appeal under this article the court shall
have power with the consent of the appellant to direct that he be
examined by a registered medical practitioner nominated by the court.
7. The provisions of section 308 of the Public Health Act, 1875,
(which relates to compensation for damages sustained by reason of the
exercise of the powers of the Act) shall apply to any person who sustains
any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of these
legulations in relation to any matter as to which he is not himself in
default.
SCHEDULE.
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 192,1.
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The , being satisfied on the
report of their Medical Officer of Health that you are engaged in an
employment or occupation involving the milking of cows, the treatment
of milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing milk in connection
with a dairy, and that you are suffering from tuberculosis of the
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