Refuse Dumping Ground Regulations

SECTION 4-Refuse Dumping Ground Regulations Made by the Minister of Health G. 49/36 [14th February, 1936] 1. These regulations may be cited as The Public Health (Refuse Dumping Ground) Regulations. 2. In these Regulations "refuse" means any rubbish, offal or waste matter. 3. The Minister of Health may with the consent of Cabinet from time to time declare that certain areas or places shall be dumping grounds for refuse. 4. Dumping grounds shall, as far as possible, be declared in respect of every village or town in the Kingdom, and the boundaries and location of any such dumping ground shall be clearly indicated in a notice to be published by the Minister of Health in the Gazette. 5. When a dumping ground has been declared as aforesaid in respect of any village or town, the residents of such village or town shall dump their refuse therein: Provided however that the owner or occupier of any premises may dump refuse on his premises if in the opinion of a Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector such dumping is not injurious to public health. 6. Any refuse dumped on premises as permitted in the proviso to the preceding regulation shall whenever a Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector so orders be removed by the owner or occupier to the dumping ground declared in respect of his village or town and any owner or occupier who fails or neglects to comply with the order of the Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector within 24 hours of the making thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $10. 7. Where no dumping ground has been declared in respect of any village or town, refuse shall be dumped by the owner or occupier of premises on his premises and such refuse shall whenever a Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector so orders be burnt or buried to the satisfaction of such Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector, and any owner or occupier who fails or neglects to comply with such order within 24 hours of the making thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10. 8. Any person dumping refuse elsewhere than in these regulations prescribed, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10.