Public Health (Cattle Sheds) Regulations (Cap. 189)

CONSOLIDATED TO 30 JUNE 2012 SECTION 121 *PUBLIC HEALTH (CATTLE SHEDS) REGULATIONS (6th October, 1922) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Citation and definition. 2. Unlawful to keep cattle in the central part of Victoria 3. Floors of buildings to be used for keeping animals, how to be made. 4. Cow-sheds to have dry roof. 5. Dimensions. 6. Distance of cow-sheds from a dwelling house. 7. Manure to be stacked. 8. Stables etc. to be kept clean. 9. Sanitary inspector to inspect premises. 10. Application for permission. 11. Medical Officer of Health may withdraw permission to keep cattle on giving one week's written notice. 12. Penalty. 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Cattle Sheds) Regulations. (2) For the purpose of these regulations (a) the central part of the town of Victoria shall be held to mean that part of the town of Victoria which is comprised within the following limits: - On the North: 1. A line starting from the Slaughter House and running due West to a point 100 metres distant to the West of the North East road; 2. A line running parallel and at a distance of 100 metres to the West of the North East road as far as Moussa River; 3. Moussa River and its tributary Belony River to the Crêve Coeur road. On the West: 1. Labourdonnais Street and Crêve Coeur road to the Moussa River. 2. Eau Clair Lane to meet the limits of the Central Distict near the St. Louis River. On the South: 1. The limits of the Central Area as defined in the Schedule to the Town of Victoria (Boundaries and Divisions) Act to the Trois Frères River; 2. Trois Frères River to the sea. On the East: The sea to the point of departure; G.N 90/1922. SI. 95/1975 (b) cattle shall include bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, goats, sheeps, horses, asses and mules. 2. It shall not be lawful to keep cattle in the central part of the Town of Victoria save with the permission of the Medical Officer of Health as hereinafter provided. 3. The floors of all buildings in which animals are to be kept shall be paved in masonry and the joints cemented with cement mortar. The pavements thereof shall slope to a cement or stone gutter with proper drainage. 4. All cow-sheds shall be provided with a dry roof and not covered with leaves or straw. * These Regulations are a part of the Victoria Public Health Regulations (Vol V Laws of Seychelles, 1971 Ed pg 281). Rest of the Victoria Public Health Regulations have become obsolete or are repealed by the Food Act. (Cap 83) 5. The following dimensions shall be observed: In the case of cow-sheds 6 feet by 10 feet for one cow and not less than 6 feet in height at the lowest point from the floor. 6. No cow-shed shall be kept at a distance which is less 30 feet from the nearest dwelling house. 7. All manure shall be stacked and kept at a distance of at least 30 feet from the nearest dwelling house. 8. It shall be the duty of the person to whom permission to keep cattle is granted to keep the stables and cow-sheds in good repair and to clean the same daily. 9. It shall be lawful for the sanitary inspector when authorised by the Medical Officer of Health in writing at any time between 6 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock in the evening to enter into and inspect any premises in which he shall have cause to believe cattle are kept. 10. (a) All applications for permission to keep cattle shall be made in writing to the Medical Officer of Health specifying the number of animals to be kept and the dimensions of the buildings to be used for such purpose. The Medical Officer of Health may then in the absence of sanitary objections grant the permission applied for subject to such conditions as he may consider necessary. (b) Such permission shall be given in writing under the hand of the Medical Officer of Health. 11. It shall be lawful for the Medical Officer of Health to withdraw any permission to keep cattle in the Central District by giving one week's notice in writing. 12. Any person who contravens any of these regulations or who shall obstruct the Sanitary Inspector in the exercise of his inspection under regulation 9 shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees. SI. 14/1974