Health Act 1956 No 65 (as at 26 June 2009), Public Act

Act by section

Schedule 3
Offensive trades

Section 2

 Gut scraping and treating.
Blood or offal treating. 
Bone boiling or crushing.Nightsoil collection and disposal.
  
Collection and storage of used bottles for sale.Refuse collection and disposal.
Dag crushing.Septic tank desludging and disposal of sludge.
Fellmongering.
Fish cleaning.Slaughtering of animals for any purpose other than human consumption.
Fish curing.
Flax pulping.
Flock manufacturing, or teasing of textile materials for any purpose.Storage, drying, or preserving of bones, hides, hoofs, or skins.
 Tallow melting.
Tanning.Wood pulping.
 Wool scouring.
  • Chemical works: omitted, as from 25 October 1960, by section 5(1) Health Amendment Act 1960 (1960 No 96).

  • Dag crushing: inserted, as from 1 June 1959, by clause 2 Offensive Trades Order 1959 (SR 1959/79).

  • Septic tank desludging and disposal of sludge: inserted, as from 1 June 1959, by clause 2 Offensive Trades Order 1959 (SR 1959/79).

  • Wool scouring: inserted, as from 1 June 1959, by clause 2 Offensive Trades Order 1959 (SR 1959/79).

  • The following items were omitted, as from 1 April 1974, by section 56(1) Clean Air Act 1972 (1972 No 31): Boiling of linseed oil; Glue manufacturing; Manure works; Refining of fuel oils; Refining of lubricating oils; Reconditioning of fuel oils; Reconditioning of lubricating oils; Soap manufacturing; Varnish manufacture.