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exhibiting an authority in writing from such an inspector or 

 medical officer of health, to take for examination samples of 

 milk : 



Provided that the powers of a medical officer of health and of 

 a person authorised by him under this section shall, except so far 

 as the Local Government Board may by order otherwise direct, be 

 exerciseable only within the county or district for which the 

 medical officer of health acts. 



(2) If any person obstructs a medical officer of health or person 

 authorised by him in the execution of his powers under this section, 

 he shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding 

 five pounds. 



5. The Local Government Board may, by order, require the 

 council of any county, borough, or urban district to appoint, or 

 combine with another such council in appointing, for the purposes 

 of this Act, one or more veterinary inspectors, or to employ for 

 those purposes any inspector or other officer appointed by the council 

 under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. 



6. (1) The Local Government Board, after consultation with 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, may make such general or 

 special orders as they think fit for the purpose of carrying this Act 

 into effect, and, in particular, with respect to all or any of the 

 following matters : 



(a) The registration with the sanitary authority of dairies 



and dairymen, including the inspection and taking 

 copies of and making extracts from the registers, and 

 the fees to be charged in respect of any such matters ; 



(b) The inspection and examination of dairies and cows 



therein ; 



(c) The lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, water 



supply, floor space, air space, and construction of 

 floors, of dairies ; 



(d) The prevention of impurities in milk intended for human 



consumption and the cleanliness of vessels used for or 

 containing such milk ; 



(e) The measures to be taken for cooling milk and other- 



wise for protecting milk against infection or con- 

 tamination ; 



( /) The prohibition or regulation of the use of preservatives 

 in milk ; 



(g) The manner of conveyance of milk intended for sale for 

 human consumption and the identification of churns 

 and vessels used for the conveyance of such milk ; 



(h) The prohibition or regulation of the mixing of the milk 

 in one such churn or vessel with the milk in another 

 such churn or vessel : 



