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Pork pie affected with mould growth. Defendants pleaded
guilty; fined £10 with £6 6s. 0d. costs.
Two meat pies affected with mould growth. Defendants
pleaded guilty; fined £25 with £6 6s. 0d. costs.
Drinking chocolate infested with spider beetles; defendants
pleaded guilty; fined £15 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960.
Cafe premises in insanitary condition, and other matters. Defendant
did not appear; eight contraventions proved; fined
£25 with £8 costs.
Hand washing facilities not provided in food premises. Defendant
pleaded not guilty; case proved; fined £1 with
£3 3s. 0d. costs.
Forecourt and doorway of vacant shop premises used for
retailing vegetables. Defendant pleaded not guilty to all four
summonses but was found guilty; fined £8 with £6 costs.
Forecourt and doorway of vacant shop premises used on two
occasions for retailing vegetables. The two defendants each
pleaded guilty to four offences, and not guilty to an alleged
fifth offence which was dismissed; both defendants fined £4
each; costs not allowed.
SERVICES UNDER OTHER ENACTMENTS
Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair.
The following is a summary of applications dealt with during
1967:—
Applications received (Form I) 3
Decisions not to issue Certificates Nil
Certificates issued (Form L) 4
Undertakings given (Form K) Nil
Number of visits made 61
Shops Acts, 1950-65.
Shops in the Borough have been kept under observation and
contraventions have been remedied. Excellent relations exist between
the three Chambers of Commerce and the Department, and advice has
been given both to the Chambers and to shopkeepers. Action has also
been taken in respect of general closing hours, half-day closing and
Sunday trading.
During the year a new system of Inspection Records has been
introduced and an up-to-date list of shop premises has been compiled.
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963.
Work under this legislation was continued during 1967, with the
specialist staff appointed for the purpose. The majority of owners and
occupiers of premises which require to be registered have submitted
Form OSR 1. It has been found necessary to maintain a record of
unoccupied premises in order that observation may be made to ensure
registration when they are reoccupied.
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