MILK AND DAIRIES BILL 435 



(«.) the premises become or are unsuitable to the purposes of 



the business carried on or proposed to be carried on 



therein ; or 



(b) the premises are a nuisance or do not comply with the 



provisions of this Act or the orders made thereunder ; 



but any person who feels himself aggrieved by such 



removal or refusal may appeal to a court of summary 



jurisdiction, which may, if it thinks just, make an 



order requiring the sanitary authority to restore the 



dairy to, or enter the dairy in, the register. 



(3) On the second or subsequent conviction of a dairyman of 



an offence against this Act or the orders made thereunder the 



court by which he is convicted may, if it thinks fit, having regard 



to the nature of the offences of which he has been convicted, in 



addition to or in substitution for any other penalty, order that the 



name of the offender be removed from the register of dairymen 



either absolutely or for such period as may be specified in the 



order. 



2. — (1) If the milk from any dairy is being sold or used for 

 human consumption within the district of any sanitary authority, 

 the medical officer of health for that district shall, whether the 

 dairy is situate within or without the district, have jDower at all 

 reasonable hours to enter and inspect the dairy, and if accompanied 

 by a veterinary inspector or some other properly qualified veterinary 

 surgeon, to inspect the animals therein : 



Provided that if the dairy is not situate within the district of 

 the sanitary authority the medical officer of health shall not be 

 empowered so to enter and inspect the dairy unless he has evidence 

 that infectious disease is caused, or is likely to be caused, by con- 

 sumption of the milk supplied from the dairy, and shall, before 

 inspecting the dairy, give notice of the intention to do so to the 

 clerk and medical officer of health of the district in which the dairy 

 is situate. 



(2) If on any such inspection the medical officer of health or 

 the veterinary inspector or surgeon has reason to suspect that any 

 cow in the dairy is suffering from tuberculosis with emaciation or 

 from tuberculosis of the udder, or is giving tuberculous milk, he 

 may require the cow to be milked in his presence, and may take 

 samples of the milk, and the milk from any particular teat shall, 

 if- he so requires, be kept separate and separate samples thereof 

 furnished. 



(3) Every dairyman and the persons in his employment shall 

 render such reasonable assistance to the medical officer of health 

 or a veterinary inspector or veterinary surgeon as he may require 

 for all or any of the purposes of this section, and any person 

 refusing such assistance or obstructing such medical officer of 



