DISABLED MEN (FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT) 9 & 10 GEO. 5. C. 22. An Act to enable arrangements to be made as to employers' liability BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Arrangements in Cases of Employment of Disabled Men. 1. With a view to facilitating the employment of men who have served in any of His Majesty's Forces during the present war, and, in consequence of any injury or disease attributable to or aggravated by such service, are in receipt of a pension on account of their disablement, a Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make arrangements under which employers may be relieved from or indemnified against the whole or any part of any increase of expenditure arising out of the employer's liability to pay compensation or damages in respect of accidents or industrial disease, where such increase is attributable to the employment of such men. Any sums payable in respect of such arrangements shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament. Short Title. 2. This Act may be cited as the Disabled Men (Facilities for Em⚫ployment) Act, 1919. ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT, 1919. 9 AND 10 GEO. 5, c. 23. An Act to control the importation of goods infected or likely to be BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority. of the same, as follows: : Power to Prohibit the Importation of Goods Infected with Anthrax. 1.—(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for preventing the importation into the United Kingdom, either absolutely or except at any specified ports and subject to any specified con* K ** 1919. 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 22. 1919. ditions as to disinfection and otherwise, of goods infected, or likely 9 & 10 Geo. 5. to be infected, with anthrax (in this Act referred to as "infected c. 23. goods "). (2) An Order under this section may contain a declaration that goods of any specified class which are of any specified origin, or are exported from or through any specified country or place, are goods likely to be infected with anthrax, and any such declaration shall be conclusive for all purposes. (3) Any Order made under this section may be revoked or varied by any subsequent Order. (4) An Order in Council under this Act may apply, as respects any goods specified in the Order, any of the provisions (including penal 39 & 40 Vict. provisions) of the Customs (Consolidation) Act, 1876, or any Act c. 36. amending or extending that Act, with respect to goods whereof the importation is prohibited under those Acts, with such modifications as appear necessary or expedient, and in particular with the substitution of Secretary of State for the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and of persons appointed by the Secretary of State for officers of Customs and Excise. (5) In this section the expression "specified" means specified in an Order made under this section. Provision as to Disinfection of Infected Goods. 2.-(1) A Secretary of State may provide, maintain, and carry on, or arrange for the provision, maintenance, or carrying on, at such ports or other places in the United Kingdom, as he thinks proper, the neces sary works for the disinfection of infected goods, and may make rules providing for the payment by importers of infected goods of fees in respect of the disinfection thereof, and in respect of services rendered in connection with such disinfection, and for the recovery of such payments. (2) Any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying this Act into effect, up to such an amount as the Treasury may approve, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament. Short Title. 3. This Act may be cited as the Anthrax Prevention Act, 1919. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (LEATHER 9 AND 10 GEO. 5, C. 29.. An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904, in relation to instruments for measuring leather by superficial [22nd July, 1919.] area. BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority I. Instruments for Measuring Leather by Superficial Area. 1919. 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 29. c. 28. .—(1) The powers and duties of the Board of Trade under section six of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904, in relation to certificates 4 Edw. 7. of suitability for use of certain appliances, shall extend to instruments for measuring the superficial area of leather and patterns thereof, and that section shall have effect accordingly. (2) The powers of the Board under section five of the aforementioned Act to make regulations with respect to measuring instru ments shall include power (a) to make the like regulations with respect to any instruments (b) to make regulations for applying to any instrument of a pattern (c) to make general regulations for carrying into effect the pro- Citation, Construction, and Commencement. 2.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Leather Measurement) Act, 1919, and shall be construed as one with the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904; and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1919. (2) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January nineteen hundred and twenty. STATEMENT OF RATES ACT, 1919. 9 AND 10 GEO. 5, C. 31. An Act to provide for the information to occupiers of the amount of the rates payable for the houses which they occupy. [22nd July, 1919.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority. of the same, as follows: Provisions with respect to Demands and Receipts for Rent in which any Sum for Rates is included. 1. (1) From and after the date hereinafter named every document containing a demand for rent or receipt for rent, which includes any 1919. sum for rates paid or payable under any statutory enactment by the 9 & 10 Geo. 5. Owner instead of the occupier, shall state either the annual, half yearly, c. 31. quarterly, monthly, or weekly amount of such rates paid or payable in accordance with the last demands received by the owner from the rating authorities at the time of making his demand or giving his receipt in respect of the hereditament in question: Provided that, where such a statement as is required by this section has been furnished in connection with a demand for rent or receipt for rent in respect of a particular period, it shall not be necessary to furnish the statement upon any subsequent demand for rent or receipt of rent in respect of that period. (2) This Act shall not apply to weekly lettings at inclusive rentals in any market established under or controlled by statute. Definition. 2. The expressions "demand for rent and receipt for rent " shall include a rent-book, rent-card and any document used for the notification or collection of rent due or for the acknowledgment of the receipt of the same. Penalty. 3. If any person makes a demand for rent or gives a receipt for rent in contravention of this Act, he shall, in respect of each offence, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not exceeding forty shillings. Short Title, Commencement and Extent. 4. (1) This Act may be cited as the Statement of Rates Act, 1919. (2) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January nineteen hundred and twenty. (3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland. EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ACT, 1919. 9 AND 10 GEO. 5, C. 39. An Act to continue certain Expiring Laws. [15th August, 1919.] WHEREAS the Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are, in so far as they are in force and are temporary in their duration, limited to expire, as respects the Acts mentioned in Part I. of that schedule, on the thirty-first day of December nineteen hundred and nineteen, and, as respects the Act mentioned in Part II. of that schedule, on the first day of January nineteen hundred and twenty, and, as respects the Acts mentioned in Part III. of that schedule, on the thirty-first day of March nineteen hundred and twenty : And whereas it is expedient to provide for the continuance as in this Act mentioned of those Acts, and of the enactments amending or affecting the same: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: : Continuance of Acts in Schedule. 1. (1) The Acts mentioned in Part I. and Part II. of the Schedule to this Act shall, to the extent specified in column three of that schedule, be continued until the thirty-first day of December nineteen hundred and twenty, and shall then expire, unless further continued. (2) The Acts mentioned in Part III. of the Schedule to this Act shall, to the extent specified in column three of that schedule, be continued until the thirty-first day of March nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and shall then expire, unless further continued. (3) Any unrepealed enactments amending or affecting the enactments continued by this Act shall, in so far as they are temporary in their duration, be continued in like manner, whether they are mentioned in the Schedule to this Act or not. Short Title. 2. This Act may be cited as the Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1919. 1919. 9 & 10 Geo. 5. 6. 39. |