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PART IV.
Retail Fish Shops.
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Conditions of suitability and cleanliness of retail fish shops.
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12.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in any premises the business of selling fresh fish by retail unless such premises comply with the following conditions (in this Act referred to as the conditions of suitability and cleanliness) that is to say:—
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(a) such premises and the equipment, fittings and appliances therein are in a state of cleanliness, and
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(b) there is available on such premises such adequate supply of good and wholesome water as may be reasonably necessary, and
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(c) such premises are provided with a fish-slab, and
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(d) every shelf, slab or table used as a fish-slab or for cutting, skinning or filleting fish is so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and
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(e) such premises are provided with a container so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination.
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(2) If any person carries on the business of selling fresh fish by retail in any premises which do not comply with all the conditions of suitability and cleanliness he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.
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