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THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

Statutory Instrument 281—27.

The Public Health (Plague Control) Rules.

Arrangement of Rules.

Rule 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Citation.

Interpretation.

Clear space to be maintained around stores.

Stores to be maintained in good repair.

Cleaning of stores.

Restrictions on storage of rat-attracting material.

Hides and skins.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

Statutory Instrument 281—27.

The Public Health (Plague Control) Rules.

(Under section 27 of the Act.)

1.

Citation.


These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (Plague Control) Rules.

2.

Interpretation.
In these Rules— (a) (b) (c) “rat-attracting material” includes jaggery, sugar cane, sugar cane refuse, sugar, cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton, cotton lint, groundnuts, pulse, maize, grain, simsim, flour, foodstuffs of animal origin, hides, skins or any other material, whether of the same or any other kind, which is ordinarily eaten by rats or used by them for nesting purposes; “ratproof store” means any store constructed in accordance with rules 250 to 262 of the Public Health (Building) Rules; “store” means any factory or trade premises, or building used in connection with any such factory or premises, in which rat- attracting material is stored or in which it is intended to store any such material, but does not include premises used solely for sale by retail if the rat-attracting material stored in the premises is in less quantity than fifty hundredweight and is completely removed once in every seven days.
3.

Clear space to be maintained around stores.

(1) On every side of a store the occupier shall at all times keep the ground clear of long grass, vegetation, scrub, lumber and refuse for a distance of at least thirty feet from the walls of the store; except that where any side of a store is nearer than thirty feet to a plot boundary or an existing building only the area between that side and the plot boundary or existing building, as the case may be, shall be required to be kept clear as aforesaid.
(2) The occupier shall at all times keep a space of ten feet on every side of a store, measured from the outermost edge of the roof, clear of trees, tree branches, hedges, shrubs, fencing, creepers, drums, barrels and articles or projections of every description.

4.

Stores to be maintained in good repair.

Every store shall at all times be maintained in a proper state of repair.

5.

Cleaning of stores.


A local authority, if it appears desirable in the interests of public health, may, by a notice in writing served upon the owner or occupier, require any store to be completely emptied and thoroughly cleaned.

6.

Restrictions on storage of rat-attracting material.
No person shall keep any rat-attracting material in any building or premises except in— (a) (b) a ratproof store; or ratproof bins of a type approved by the local authority, except that nothing in this rule shall apply to— (c) (d) buildings or premises used exclusively for domestic purposes, except in cases where the local authority, in the interests of public health, shall otherwise decide; and in every such case the local authority shall give the owner or occupier of the building or premises written notice of its decision; or stores used solely for the storage of produce, being the produce of Uganda, by dealers buying directly from the producer if the stores do not exceed 250 square feet in floor area and if the produce is removed completely from the store at least once in every seven days.
7.

Hides and skins.

No hides or skins shall be kept for resale or export, dried, graded, sorted or examined except in an area authorised for those purposes by the local authority.

History: S.I.

269-4.

Cross Reference Public Health (Building) Rules, S.I.

281-1.

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