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RAG FLOCK ACT 1911

RAG FLOCK ACT 1911 - LONG TITLE

An Act to prohibit the sale and use for the purpose of the
manufacture of certain articles of unclean Flock manufactured from
Rags.
[16th December 1911]
Prohibition of sale and use for the purpose of the manufacture of
certain articles of unclean flock manufactured from rags.

RAG FLOCK ACT 1911 - SECT 1

1.(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or have in
his possession for sale flock manufactured from rags or to use for
the purpose of making any article of upholstery, cushions, or
bedding flock manufactured from rags or to have in his possession
flock manufactured from rags intended to be used for any such
purpose, unless the flock conforms to such standard of cleanliness
as may be prescribed by regulations to be made by the Local
Government Board and, if any person sells or uses or has in his
possession flock in contravention of this Act, he shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding, in the case of a
first offence, ten pounds, or in the case of a second or
subsequent offence fifty pounds.

(2) All regulations made by the Local Government Board under this
Act shall be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after they
are made, ....

(3) Where, in any proceedings against a person charged with an
offence under this Act, it is proved that an offence under this
Act has been committed, but that the person charged with the
offence

(a)purchased the flock in respect of which the offence was committed
from a person resident within the United Kingdom who sold the flock
under a warranty that it complied with the prescribed standard of
cleanliness; and

(b)took reasonable steps to ascertain, and did in fact believe in
the accuracy of the statement contained in the warranty;

(4) Where a person is charged with having flock in his possession
in contravention of this Act any flock proved in the proceedings to
have been found in his possession shall be deemed to be intended
for sale or for use in the manufacture of such articles as
aforesaid, unless the contrary is proved.

(5) It shall be the duty of a [district council] to enforce the
provisions of this Act within [its] district, and for that purpose
[any officer of the district council] shall have power, if so
authorised by the [district council], to institute and carry on any
proceedings which the [district council] is authorised to institute
and carry on under this Act, and to enter at all reasonable times
any premises in which he has reasonable cause to believe that an
offence under this Act is being committed, and to examine and take
samples for the purposes of analysis of any flock found therein:

Provided that, where a sample is so taken, the occupier of the
premises may require the officer taking the sample to divide it
into two parts and to mark, seal, and deliver to him one part.

If any person wilfully obstructs any such officer in the execution
of his powers under this section, he shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

Subs.(6) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/211

(7) All fines imposed in any proceedings instituted by a [district
council] in pursuance of [its] powers and duties under this Act
shall be paid to the [district council] ....

(9) This Act shall apply to Ireland with the following
modifications:

(a)The Local Government Board for Ireland shall be substituted for
the Local Government Board;

Para.(b) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/211; para.(c) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

[(10) In this Act "district council" means a council established
under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.]

RAG FLOCK ACT 1911 - SECT 2
Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Rag Flock Act, 1911 ....