440 MILK AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH app. 



(?) The labelling of the receptacles of milk for sale for 

 human consumption where the milk is sold otherwise 

 than in its natural state ; 



(j) The provision of assistance to be given by sanitary- 

 authorities to county councils and by county councils 

 to sanitary authorities, in carrying out their duties 

 under this Act ; 



(A) The form of orders to be made by sanitary authorities 

 and medical officers of health under this Act ; 



(l) The qualifications, duties, salaries, and tenure of office of 

 veterinary inspectors ; 



(m) The authorities by whom the orders are to be executed 

 and enforced, and the powers of entry and inspection 

 exerciseable by such authorities and their officers for 

 the purpose. 



(2) Orders made under this section may impose on persons con- 

 travening the provisions thereof such fines recoverable summarily 

 as may be specified in the order, not exceeding Jive pounds for 

 each offence, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further 

 fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the 

 offence continues. 



(3) All general orders made under this section shall be laid as 

 soon as may be before Parliament, and the Rules Publication Act, 

 1893, shall apply to such orders as if they were statutory rules 

 within the meaning of section one of that Act. 



(4) If the occupier of a dairy alleges that the whole or part of 

 the expenses of complying with any order under this section ought 

 to be borne by the owner of or other person interested in the dairy, 

 he may by complaint apply to a court of summary jurisdiction, 

 and that court may make such order concerning the expenses or 

 their apportionment as appears to the court to be just and equitable 

 under the circumstances of the case, regard being had to the terms 

 of any contract between the parties. 



7. A warranty or invoice shall not be available as a defence 

 to any proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 

 1907, where the article in respect of which the proceedings are 

 taken is milk. 



8. The Local Government Board shall make regulations under 

 the Public Health (Eegulations as to Food) Act, 1907, for the 

 prevention of danger arising to public health from the importation 

 of milk intended for sale for human consumption. 



9. — (1) The sanitary authority of any district (other than a 

 rural district) with a population of fifty thousand or upwards may, 

 subject to regulations under this section, establish and thereafter 

 maintain depots for the sale of milk specially prepared for con- 



