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. 155

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