URBAN COUNCILS ACT
Chapter 29:15
Premises, vehicles and employees
91. (1) The regulation, inspection and licensing of any premises in which food is sold,
prepared, manufactured, stored, deposited or exposed for sale and the prevention of the use
for such purposes of any premises that are unfit therefor.
(2) The standards and minimum requirements for the construction, maintenance, conduct,
good order, cleanliness, lighting, ventilation, water supply, sanitary fittings and drainage of
the premises referred to in subparagraph (1), and the provision of the requisite utensils,
storage space, refrigeration, equipment, furniture, linen, crockery and furnishings, and the
care and maintenance thereof.
(3) The specification of goods or merchandise that may not be handled, stored, received or
sold on premises referred to in subparagraph (1).
(4) The regulation, inspection and licensing of vehicles used for or in connection with the
vending of food.
(5) The medical examination of any person employed in, or in connection with, the
business of handling food.
Food introduced from outside council area
92. The prohibition or regulation of the introduction, distribution or sale within the council
area of—
(a) food which has been produced or prepared outside the council area; or
(b) meat or viscera from or carcasses of animals which have been slaughtered outside the
council area;
unless compliance has been made with such conditions as may be specified in the by-laws.
Market gardens
93. (1) The regulation of the carrying on of any business, whether inside or outside the council
area, of a market garden or the growing of vegetables or fruit, the produce of which is
intended for sale to members of the public within the council area, and the storage and
handling of such produce.
(2) The inspection of any land on which any business referred to in subparagraph (1) is
carried on and of any premises in which produce referred to in that subparagraph is stored
and of any vehicles or receptacles in which such produce is conveyed.
(3) The licensing of any person carrying on any business referred to in subparagraph (1).
Markets
94. (1) The regulation of markets and, without derogation from the generality of the
foregoing, of—
(a) public sales thereon; and
(b) the dues or charges payable in respect of goods submitted for sale at the market; and
(c) the licensing of persons authorized by the council to trade as market agents.
(2) The regulation of the cleansing, cleanliness, sanitation and good order of markets and
places used for public sale and barter and of the cleanliness, purity and wholesomeness of
any goods exposed for sale thereon.
PART XII
TRADES, OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Dangerous trades
95. The regulation of the carrying on of offensive, unhealthy or dangerous trades or
occupations for the purpose of safeguarding the health or safety of members of the public.
Employment bureaux and compulsory medical examination
and treatment of workers
96. Subject to the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01] the regulation of employment
bureaux and the provision of compulsory medical examination, and treatment where
necessary, of employees and work-seekers.
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