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4 1931

SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1931

PART IV.

Retail Fish Shops.

Conditions of suitability and cleanliness of retail fish shops.

12. —(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in any premises the business of selling fresh fish by retail unless such premises comply with the following conditions (in this Act referred to as the conditions of suitability and cleanliness) that is to say:—

(a) such premises and the equipment, fittings and appliances therein are in a state of cleanliness, and

(b) there is available on such premises such adequate supply of good and wholesome water as may be reasonably necessary, and

(c) such premises are provided with a fish-slab, and

(d) every shelf, slab or table used as a fish-slab or for cutting, skinning or filleting fish is so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and

(e) such premises are provided with a container so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination.

(2) If any person carries on the business of selling fresh fish by retail in any premises which do not comply with all the conditions of suitability and cleanliness he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

Conditions of sale of fish in retail shops.

13. —(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to offer or have for sale in any premises in which the business of selling fresh fish by retail is carried on any fresh fish unless at the time at which such fish is so offered or had for sale all the following conditions are complied with, that is to say:—

(a) all fresh fish on such premises which is offered or intended for sale and is displayed for sale is so displayed either by being so hung up as to be removed from all sources of contamination or by being set out on a fish-slab so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and

(b) all fresh fish on such premises which is offered or intended for sale and is not displayed for sale is kept in a container which is used exclusively for the storage of fresh fish and is so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and

(c) there are not at any time on any day in such premises any offals removed from fish on any previous day.

(2) If any person offers or has for sale in any premises any fresh fish in contravention of this section such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

Powers of inspector.

14. —(1) An inspector shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter upon any premises in which the business of selling fresh fish by retail is carried on and to make such inspection therein as may be necessary to satisfy him that the provisions of this Part of this Act in respect of such premises are being complied with.

(2) Every person who obstructs or impedes any inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

(3) In this section the word “inspector” includes any person authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred or imposed on an inspector by this section.

Saving of powers of Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

15. —Nothing in this Part of this Act shall restrict or limit the exercise by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health of the powers conferred on him by the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907.