Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1971/1652 |
| Year | 1971 |
1971 No. 1652
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 19718thOctober 1971
20thOctober 1971
3rdNovember 1971
The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Scotland acting jointly, in exercise of their powers under sections 9(4), 15, 30, 33 and 34 of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations :—
Title and commencement
1. These regulations may be cited as the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1971 and shall come into operation on 3rd November 1971.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these regulations—
"the Act" means the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951;
"British Standard 1425 : 1960" means the British Standard of that number and year and incorporating the amendments set out in Schedule 1;
"registered or licensed premises" means premises registered or licensed under the Act; and
"Schedule" means a Schedule to these regulations.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these regulations and the regulations hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.
(3) References in these regulations to the cleanliness test, the oil and soap test, the animal fibre test, the trash content test, the chlorides test, the dust index test, and the cleanliness test (water extract) shall be construed as references, respectively, to tests carried out in accordance with the provisions of Appendices C, D, E, F, G, H and P to British Standard 1425 : 1960.
(4) Any reference in these regulations to a certificate or form shall include a reference to a certificate or form to the like effect.
Prescription of materials
3. The following materials are hereby prescribed as filling materials to which the Act applies, that is to say—
(a) 1951 c. 63.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
rubberized hair and fibre ;
rubberized or resin-bonded felt;
cellular rubber and cellular plastics crumb; and
all kinds of wood fillings, including wood shavings, sawdust and wood wool (new or used).
Standards of cleanliness
4.—(1) The standards of cleanliness applicable for the purposes of the Act in relation to each kind of filling materials described in column 1 of Schedule 2 shall be such that a sample of those materials taken, submitted and prepared for testing in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 3 shall, when submitted to the tests appropriate thereto as shown in column 3 of Schedule 2, satisfy the requirements set opposite those tests respectively in column 4 of Schedule 2.
(2) Additionally all filling materials to which the Act applies shall be free from vermin ; and in this paragraph "vermin" includes the eggs, larvae and pupae of insects and parasites.
Analysts
5.—(1) The persons named in Schedule 4 are, with their several consents, hereby prescribed as the analysts for the purposes of the Act.
(2) Any of the said persons may at any time give not less than one month's written notice to the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Scotland of his desire to withdraw his consent to prescription as aforesaid and upon the expiry of such notice he shall cease to be so prescribed.
Fees
6.—(1) An analyst may charge a fee in respect of each sample of filling material sent to him in pursuance of section 15 of the Act.
(2) The amount of the fee chargeable as aforesaid shall not exceed the amount specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the entry in column 1 of that Schedule of the kind of filling materials from which the sample was taken ; but where an analyst carries out the animal fibre test in order to identify any sample of filling materials he shall be entitled to charge an additional £1·25.
Certificates of testing
7. A certificate given in pursuance of section 15 of the Act with respect to any sample shall be in the following form :—
I certify that I have subjected the sample of (here state the kind of filling materials of which the sample was composed)… ..received by me from (here give the name and address of the person by whom the sample was submitted)… .. on (insert date) … .. and (where necessary or expedient here specify any special markings, etc., used to identify sample)… ..to the under-mentioned tests in accordance with the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1971 and that the results of these tests were as shown hereunder:—
Tests Results
1 1
2 2
etc. etc
Remarks
Date… ..
Signed… ..
(Prescribed) (Public) Analyst.
Records
8.—(1) The records to be kept under section 9 of the Act by the occupiers of registered or licensed premises shall be in the appropriate forms set out in Schedule 5.
(2) All such records shall be kept separately from any other records and all entries therein shall be made in ink.
Revocations
9. The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1961(a) and the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1965(b) are hereby revoked.
Regulation 2(1)
SCHEDULE 1
AMENDMENTS TO BRITISH STANDARD 1425: 1960
PD 4041 issued February 1961
PD 4296 " September 1961
PD 4687 "...To continue reading
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