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(3) Subject as aforesaid, no person shall carry on the trade of cowkeeper
or dairyman or use any premises as a dairy unless he and any
such premises are registered in pursuance of this article.
(4) The sanitary authority shall immediately after the commencement
of this order inform the county council of the particulars of registration
then in force of cowkeepers and their premises, and they shall as
soon as may be inform the county council of all alterations made in the
registers.
3. Before commencing to use as a cowshed or as a place for the keeping
of milk, a building not previously used for that purpose the occupier shall
give one month's notice in writing to the sanitary authority of his intention
so to do.
General Provisions for securing the cleanliness of Dairies, etc.,
and for protecting milk against infection and contamination.
4. (1) Every cowshed and every building used for keeping milk, other
than a cold store, shall be provided with a sufficient number of windows or
other openings suitably placed and communicating directly with the external
air. The windows or permanent openings shall be such as to secure that
the building is sufficiently lighted during the hours of daylight and the
openings provided for ventilation shall be kept in proper order and so
used as to secure that the air in the building is kept in a fresh and wholesome
condition.
(2) Every such building in which milking or any other process is
carried on during the hours of darkness shall also be provided with such
lamps or other means of artificial lighting as will enable any such process
to be conducted in a good and proper light.
5. (1) All registered premises shall be provided with a supply of water
suitable and sufficient for the requirements of this order.
(2) Every receptacle used for the storage or conveyance of water
shall be emptied and cleansed from time to time as often as may be necessary
to prevent the pollution of the water and to maintain it in a suitable
condition for the purpose for which it is required.
(3) The water supply used for the watering of cows shall, as far as
reasonably possible, be protected against contamination caused by the
drainage of foul water.
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