Sanitary laws of Scotland and principles of public health : being a manual for county and burgh councillors, legal officials, medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors and all interested in public health / by W.J. Brock.

Date:
1905
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Sanitary laws of Scotland and principles of public health : being a manual for county and burgh councillors, legal officials, medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors and all interested in public health / by W.J. Brock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    the same, and any person disobeying such order shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds for every day during which such disobedience continues; and the decision of the sheriff under this sub-section shall be appealable to the Lord Ordinary on the Bills in manner provided by section one hundred and fifty-sbc of this Act (5) There shall be charged for an order of the local authority under this section, such fee not exceeding forty shillings as the local authority may fix. (6) For the purposes of this section a business shall be deemed to be established after the commencement of this Act, not only if it is estabUshed newly, but also if it is removed from any one set of premises' to any other premises, or if it is renewed on the same set of premises after having been discontmued for a period of twelve months or upwards, or if any premises on which it is for the time being carried on are enlarged without the sanction of the local authority; but a business shall not be deemed to be established anew on any premises by reason only that the ownership or occupancy of such premises is wholly or partially changed, or that the building in which it is estab- lished having been wholly or partially pulled down or burnt down has been reconstructed without any extension of its area. [3] Licensing of Slaughter-Houses 33. (1) A person carrying on the business of a slaughterer of cattle or horses, or knacker,- shall not use any premises as a 'slaughter-house or knacker's yard without a licence ^ from the local authority, and if he does he shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and the fact that cattle or horses have been taken into unlicensed premises shall be prima facie evidence that an offence under this section has been committed. [6] (2) A licence under this section shall expire on such day in every year as the local authority fix, and when a hcence is first granted shall expire on the day so fixed which secondly occurs after the grant of the licence, and a fee not exceeding five shillings may be charged for the licence or any renewal thereof. (3) Not less .than twenty-one day.s before a new licence for any premises is granted under this section, notice of the intention to apply for it shall be advertised as provided in sub-section two of the immediately preceding section by 1 For definition, v. § 8, ante. - v. ^S, ante, for definitions. ^ Compare with B.P. Act, § 282 [amended by 1908 Act (Schedule)], where the person is licensed as well as the premises, p. 146.