STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1925, No. 1178. ANIMAL. Diseases of Animals. THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (PACKING MATERIALS) ORDER OF 1925. DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1925. (4071.) The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1925, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf, hereby orders as follows:— Hay and Straw used as packing material. 1.-(1) No hay or straw, from any source, which has been used for packing purposes, shall be brought into contact with any animal in Great Britain, or be removed from any premises, except used as packing, or for the purposes of destruction. Hay or straw which has been used for packing purposes, if not so used again, shall be destroyed. (2) No tree, shrub, plant, bulb, or other horticultural product which is packed in hay or straw shall be exposed for sale, or permitted to be stored, on any premises whilst such premises are being used for the purpose of the sale or exposure for sale of animals. Meat Cloths, wrappings, &c. 2.—(1) No cloth, wrapping, sacking, or other material which has been used for or in connection with the wrapping of meat, meat products, offals, or other part of a carcase shall be brought into contact with any animal in Great Britain, unless and until it has been boiled or otherwise thoroughly sterilised after being so used. (2) No box, crate, basket, or other receptacle which has been used for or in connection with the carriage of meat, meat products, offals, or other parts of a carcase (not being cooked or preserved meats or meat essences) shall be brought into contact with any animal in Great Britain. Offences. 3.-(1) If any person does any act in contravention of the provisions of this Order, or fails to do any act which he is by this Order required to do, he and the occupier of the premises on which any animal in respect of which any such act is done is kept, or on which there is a failure to do any act required by this Order to be done, shall, each according to and in respect of his own acts and defaults, be deemed guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. (a) (2) If any tree, shrub, plant, bulb, or other horticultural product is exposed or stored in contravention of this Order, the person exposing the same, and the person permitting the same to be exposed or stored and the occupier of the premises, shall each according to and in respect of his own acts and defaults be deemed guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. Local Authority to enforce Order. 4. The provisions of this Order shall be executed and enforced by the Local Authority. Interpretation. 5. In this Order," animals " means cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminating animals, and swine. "Person" includes a body corporate or unincorporate. "The Act of 1894 " means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. Other terms have the same meaning as in the Act of 1894. Commencement. 6. This Order shall come into operation on the nineteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Short Title. 7. This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Packing Materials) Order of 1925. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is hereunto affixed this sixteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. (L.S.) F. L. C. Floud, Secretary. (a) 57-8 V. c. 57. STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1925, No. 1219. ANIMAL. Performing Animals. THE PERFORMING ANIMALS RULES, 1925, DATED DECEMBER 3, 1925, MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, UNDER SECTION 5 (2) OF THE PERFORMING ANIMALS (REGULATION) ACT, 1925 (15 & 16 GEO. 5. c. 38). In pursuance of Section 5 (2) of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925, hereinafter referred to as the Act, I hereby make the following Rules : Form of application for registration (Section 1). 1. Every application for registration under the Act shall be made in writing in the form, and shall contain the particulars, set out in the First Schedule hereto. Application by person having no fixed place of residence in Great Britain (Section 1 (2) ). 2. If the applicant has no fixed place of residence in Great Britain he shall make his application for registration to the local authority of one of the following districts : In England and Wales:-The City of London, the County of London; the Cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Kingston-upon-Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-on-Tyne; and the County Boroughs of Plymouth and Southampton. In Scotland:-The Cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Form of Register (Section 1 (2) ). 3. The register which the local authority is required to keep for the purpose of the Act shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto. Each registration shall be given a serial number according to the order in which it is made, and the serial number shall be inserted in the certificate of registration issued to the applicant. 4. The local authority shall either arrange the names of the registered persons alphabetically or shall keep as part of the register an alphabetical index of the names of persons registered Form of Certificate of Registration (Section 1 (4) ). 5. The certificate of registration which the local authority is required to issue to each registered person shall be in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto. Application for variation of registered particulars 6. Applications for the variation of the registered particulars shall be made in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule hereto. Certified copy of certificate of registration. 7. A local authority may issue a certified copy of any certificate of registration issued by them if satisfied that the original has been destroyed or lost, and may charge therefor the fee hereinafter prescribed; provided that such certified copy shall be issued only to the person to whose registration it relates. Inspection of Register Entries (Section 1 (5)). 8. The copy of the certificate of registration sent by the local authority to the Home Office shall be open to inspection on payment of the prescribed fee on each day other than Saturday on which the office is open between the hours of 11 and 12 in the morning and 3 and 4 in the afternoon. Fees (Sections 1 (2) (5) (7) and 5 (3)). 9. The following fees shall be payable to the local authority :For each registration ... ... For the issue of a copy of a certificate of ... ... For each inspection of the register kept by the ..: ... 21s. ... 58. 18. ... 1s. For taking copies or making extracts from a The following fee shall be payable to the Home Office :- 18. Short Title. 10. These rules may be cited as the Performing Animals Rules, 1925.. W. Joynson-Hicks. Home Office, Whitehall. 3rd December, 1925. One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. |