Building and Sanitary Regulations (Cap. 14.01)

60 CAP. 14.01 Public Health [Subsidiary] Revision Date: 1 Jan 2002 LAWS OF MONTSERRAT BUILDING AND SANITARY REGULATIONS – SECTION 20 (S.R.O.s 5/1934, 12/1939, 7/1941, 4/1947 and 21/1968) Short title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building and Sanitary Regulations. Bakeries 2. No building or premises shall be used as a bakery until the same has been registered as fit and suitable for the purpose by the Sanitary Inspector to whom all applications must be made, and until a certificate has been obtained from him to that effect. 3. No person who makes or bakes bread, biscuits, confectionery, etc. in his or her private dwelling shall place such bread, biscuits, confectionery etc. on sale, unless he or she has first obtained a certificate from the Sanitary Inspector that the premises on which such bread, biscuits, confectionery, etc. is made or baked are fit and suitable for the purpose of making and baking bread, biscuits, confectionery, etc. 4. No privy, urinal, ash-pit, manure heap, cesspit or any stable, shed, or structure in which any animal or fowl or bird of any description is kept shall be in proximity to a bakery or premises in which bread, biscuits, or confectionery is made or baked. 5. All bakeries or premises in which bread, biscuits, or confectionery is made or baked shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Inspector. 6. The Sanitary Inspector may refuse to give the certificate applied for or withdraw a certificate previously given if he considers the bakery or premises in which bread, biscuits or confectionery is made or baked to be in an unsatisfactory condition likely to be prejudicial to the making or baking of clean and wholesome bread, etc. 7. Any person who without being the holder of a certificate aforesaid from the Sanitary Inspector shall make or bake bread, biscuits or confectionery and place the same on sale shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. 8. Every person engaged in the making or baking of bread, cakes, or confectionery for sale, and every person who is a vendor of bread, cakes, or confectionery, shall obtain a certificate from a Medical Officer that he or she is free from any form of infectious or contagious disease or from any cutaneous disease contagious or otherwise. Such certificate shall be endorsed by a Medical Officer every six months and be produced, on demand, to any officer of the Board of Health or member of the Police Force. 9. No person shall be employed in the making or baking of bread unless he or she shall be in possession of such certificate as required by the preceding section and the owner of any bakery who shall employ such person shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. Public Health CAP. 14.01 61 Revision Date: 1 Jan 2002 [Subsidiary] LAWS OF MONTSERRAT 10. Any Officer of the Board or an Officer or N.C.O. of the Police Force may, at any time, enter into and inspect any bakery or any room connected therewith kept or used for the making, baking, or sale of bread, biscuits or confectionery or the storing of any articles whatsoever to be used in connection with such bakery. Control of Aerated Water Factories 11. No aerated water shall be sold in Montserrat unless the same shall have been made in a factory or house duly registered by the Sanitary Inspector. 12. Any person desirous of carrying on an aerated water factory shall make application in writing to the Sanitary Inspector to have the same registered as such, also to have himself registered as owner or manager thereof, stating in such application particulars of the building, its suitability for the purpose and its situation. 13. On receiving an application to register an aerated water factory it shall be the duty of the Sanitary Inspector to proceed within seven days thereafter to inspect the premises indicated in such application and if the premises be in a sanitary condition to register and certify the same in the name of the applicant. 14. Any duly authorised agent of the Board of Health may enter any premises used as an aerated water factory for the purpose of inspecting such factory and the machines and bottles used therein between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. 15. If any aerated water factory is found to be insanitary the owner or manager on being called upon shall within twelve hours cause such premises to be put in a proper sanitary condition. 16. Every aerated water factory shall have its supply of water taken direct from a service tap in the said premises or from any cistern in the said premises, such cistern having been approved by the Board of Health, and such water intended to be used in the manufacture of aerated products shall be either distilled or duly filtered before use and shall not be passed through pipes or allowed to collect in any vessel made of any material capable of contaminating the products of such factory. 17. All filters used in any factory must be approved by the Board of Health; and any owner or manager using any filter after intimation in writing to him that the Board of Health disapprove of the same shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. 18. (1) No person who shall be afflicted with any form of cutaneous disease, contagious or otherwise, or with any other contagious or infectious disease, shall be employed in or about any aerated water factory. (2) Any manager or owner of an aerated water factory employing any person so afflicted shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. Sale of bread and cakes 19. All vendors of bread, cakes or confectionery shall cause the same to be covered with a clean piece of cloth or gauze, or to be so protected as to keep flies off such bread, cakes, or confectionery. 62 CAP. 14.01 Public Health [Subsidiary] Revision Date: 1 Jan 2002 LAWS OF MONTSERRAT Butchers 20. Any person exercising the trade of a butcher or acting as a butcher’s assistant shall conform to the Public Health (Slaughter of Animals) Regulations. 21. Any person exercising the trade of a butcher or acting as a butcher’s assistant outside of the boundaries of the Town of Plymouth must obtain a certificate from the Sanitary Inspector authorising him to carry on such occupation. Before such licence is issued, he shall be required to produce a certificate from a Medical Officer stating that he is free from any infectious or contagious disease or from any cutaneous disease, contageous or otherwise. Such certificate shall be endorsed by a Medical Officer every six months and shall be produced, on demand, to any officer of the Board or to any member of the Police Force. Such endorsement to be free of charge. 22. Any premises or place used as a shop for the sale of meat shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. All meat shall be covered with a clean cloth.