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2.—This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.
3.—In this Order words have the same meaning as in the Contagious Diseases
(Animals) Act, 1878.
Revocation of Former Orders.
4.—The Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1879, and the Dairies, Cowsheds,
and Milkshops Amendment Order of 1879, are hereby from the making of
this Order revoked; but nothing herein shall invalidate or make unlawful anything
done under those Orders, or either of them, before the making of this order, or
interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding in respect of any
offence committed against, or any penalty incurred under those Orders, or either of
them.
Construction and Water-Supply of New Dairies and Cowsheds.
5.— (1.) It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of cow-keeper or
dairyman to begin to occupy as a Dairy or Cowshed any building, not so occupied
at the making of this Order, unless and until he first makes provision, to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Local Authority, for the lighting, and the ventilation, including
air-space, and the cleansing, drainage, and water-supply of the same, while occupied
as a Dairy or Cowshed.
(2.) It shall not be lawful for any such person to begin so to occupy any such
building without first giving one month's notice in writing to the Local Authority
of his intention so to do.
Sanitary State of all Dairies and Cowsheds.
6.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of cowkeeper or
dairyman to occupy as a Dairy or Cowshed any building, whether so occupied at
the making of this Order or not, if and as long as the lighting and the ventilation,
including air-space, and the cleansing, drainage, and water-supply thereof are not
such as are necessary or proper—
(a.) for the health and good condition of the cattle therein ; and
(b.) for the cleanliness of milk-vessels used therein for containing milk for
sale; and
(c.) for the protection of the milk therein against infection and
contamination.
Cleansing of Dairies, Cowsheds, Milkstores, Milkshops, and Milk-vessels.
7.—A Local Authority may, from time to time, make regulations for prescribing
and regulating the cleansing of Dairies and Cowsheds in the occupation of persons
following the trade of cowkeepers or dairymen, and the cleansing of Milkstores,
Milkshops, and Milk-vessels used for containing milk for sale by such persons.
Contamination of Milk.
8—If at any time disease exists among the cattle in a Dairy and Cowshed, or
other building or place, the milk of a diseased cow therein—
(a.) shall not be mixed with other milk: and
(b.) shall not be sold or used for human food; and
(c.) shall not be sold or used for food of swine, or other animals, unless
and until it has been boiled.
9.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of cowkeeper or
dairyman, or purveyor of milk, or being the occupier of a Milkstore or Milkshop—
(1.) to allow any person suffering from a dangerous infectious disorder, or having
recently been in contact with a person so suffering, to milk cows, or to handle vessels