Diseases of Animals Acts and Orders Agriculture Act, 1937. (Part iv), Milk and Dairies Acts and Orders. : Short guide to the powers and duties of Local authorities.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Date:
1938
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Credit: Diseases of Animals Acts and Orders Agriculture Act, 1937. (Part iv), Milk and Dairies Acts and Orders. : Short guide to the powers and duties of Local authorities. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in charge of a Superintending Inspector. Superintending and Divisional Inspectors will establish and maintain a close liaison with officers ot Local Authorities and agricultural organisations in their Areas and Divisions. 4. In the majority of cases the “‘ Division ’’ corresponds with an administrative county. In all cases it includes any county boroughs and other boroughs (or burghs) geographi- cally situated therein which are separate Local Authorities for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Acts, and any other boroughs and burghs. Veterinary functions transferred from Local Authorities to Minister 5. The veterinary functions transferred from Local Authori- ties to the Minister may be defined as follows : — (a) Diagnostic enquiries into any of the diseases of animals notifiable under the Diseases of Animals Acts. This also involves the transfer to the Minister of those functions under the Tuberculosis Order which relate to the slaughter of affected cattle and the payment of com- pensation to owners. | (6) The veterinary inspection of animals at markets when and where required. (c) Routine veterinary inspection of dairy herds. (d) Examination of cattle by a veterinary inspector on receipt of a notification from a medical officer of health that milk from a particular herd has been found infected with tubercle bacilli, or that an infectious disease is caused or likely to be caused by the consumption of milk from the herd. (e) Tuberculin testing and inspection of cattle for the purposes of the Milk (Special Designations) Orders. (This does not affect the existing powers of local authorities to grant licences authorising the use of the designations “tuberculin tested ’’ and ‘* accredited ’’ in England and Wales and ‘‘certified’’, ‘‘ tuberculin tested’’ and ‘“ standard ’’ in Scotland). Powers and duties retained by Local Authorities 6. Local authorities still retain important powers and duties (of a non-veterinary character) under the Diseases of Animals Acts, amongst which are the following : — (a) the promulgation of the Minister’s Orders; (b) the power to make certain local regulations; for example, internal regulations concerning the dipping of sheep; 48982 A2