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Animal
health and welfare
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Enforcement of all animal health and welfare
legislation designed to protect both domesticated and
wild animals.
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Animal
welfare services
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The Animal welfare sections responds to both reports
from the public, and undertakes proactive patrols.
The aims of the service are to reduce the risk to
human health from domesticated animals and/or the
premises where they are kept, to prevent nuisance
from pet animals or from the keeping or boarding of
pet animals and to reduce the risk to animal health
arising from commercial keeping of pet or similar
non-livestock animals.
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Consumer
advice
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Providing consumers with information and advice on
minimum standards of buying and selling of goods and
services.
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Dog
warden service
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The dog warden service promotes and monitors
responsible dog ownership, enforces dog fouling and
dog nuisance legislation and deals with stray dogs.
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Enforcement -
non-residential
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The local authority has responsibility for the
supervision and enforcement of fire regulations. They
visit workplaces to ensure that the owners adopt the
fire risk assessment and emergency plans.
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Enforcement -
residential
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Businesses that provide residential services are
required to comply with specific fire safety duties,
which may include notifications to or consultation
with the local authority.
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Environmental
health training
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To develop a career in Environmental Health you need
to undertake an accredited course that is recognised
by the Environmental Health Officers Registration
Board, together with a 48 week work experience
placement. Local authorities may run appropriate
courses and offer placements to students.
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Environmental
information regulations
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The Environmental Information Regulations or
Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
set out enforceable regulations that govern the
public's right to access environmental information
held by public authorities including local
authorities. Environmental information covered by the
regulations includes the state of the air,
atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape, as well as
factors affecting the above elements such as
substances, energy, noise, radiation or waste,
emissions, discharges into the environment.
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Fair
trading
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The aim of fair trading is to ensure truthfulness of
trade and prevent consumers being misled during
contractual negotiations for goods and services. This
legislation covers a wide area of consumer protection
law including the selling of counterfeit goods.
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Food
labelling and composition
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A local authority trading standards department will
provide information on general labelling of
pre-packed food. They will ensure that any
legislation on food labelling is complied with by
manufacturers and suppliers.
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Food
production - hygiene
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Ensuring standards are maintained in all aspect of
food production and distribution, animal health and
agriculture. This may involve inspections,
investigation of complaints and enforcement.
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Food
safety - infectious disease investigation
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This service investigates food poisoning and certain
other food borne illnesses to prevent the spread of
illness within the community and to try and establish
possible causes.
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Food
safety - inspections
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The local authority carries out regular checks on all
food premises to ensure the public is protected and
that high standards are maintained. Inspections take
place on a frequency determined by the perceived risk
in each premises and ensure that risks have been
identified, staff are adequately trained and the
condition and cleanliness of the premises meets
required standards.
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Food
safety - regulations
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The Food Safety Act 1990 and regulations made under
it make it an offence for anyone to sell or process
food for sale which is harmful to health. They also
place an obligation on businesses to ensure that
their activities are carried out in a hygienic way.
The council is responsible for ensuring that local
businesses comply with these regulations.
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Food
safety - risk assessment
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Risk assessments are a legal requirement for all food
businesses. The local authority require a risk
assessment to be carried out prior to registration of
a food business.
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Forensic
science service
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This service provides scientific support in the
investigation of crime and expert evidence to the
courts.
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Health
and safety - fireworks advice
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A local authority provides guidance leaflets and
materials for organisers of firework displays for the
public, retailers selling fireworks, schools and the
media, including the firework safety code.
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Licence -
acupuncturist
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The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1982 requires that all persons that carry out
acupuncture be registered with the local authority.
Officers will visit the premises to ensure they
comply with the requirements of both the Act and any
local Bylaws.
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Licence -
butchers' shop
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Butchers' shop licensing is being withdrawn across
the UK from the end of 2005. From 1 January 2006, all
retail butchers will be subject to the new EC hygiene
regulations that apply to all other retail and
catering businesses. These regulations are very
similar to the existing hygiene rules, but include a
new requirement to operate HACCP-based food safety
management procedures.
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Licence -
fireworks displays
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To hold a public fireworks display you require a
'Temporary Public Entertainment (Fireworks Display)
Licence'. This is required under section 41 of the
Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. The council
issues these licences.
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Licence - game
dealing
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The council processes applications for Game Dealer's
licences under section 18 of the Game Act, 1831; and
section 14 of the Gaming Licences Act, 1860
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Licence -
massage and special treatments
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Except where the premises is under the control of a
medical practitioner a licence is required for any
premises in which the following treatments are
carried out - acupuncture, aromatherapy, EVR
(sunbed), steam, sauna, manicure, pedicure,
electrolysis, body and ear piercing, tattooing,
shiatsu, reflexology, colour therapy, GS, and
hydrotherapy.
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Licence -
tattoo, piercing and electrolysis
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The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1982 requires that all persons that carry out
tattooing, ear piercing and electrolysis be
registered with the local authority. In Scotland
under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
(Licensing of Skin Piercing and Tattooing) Order 2006
legislation came into force on 1 April 2006, which
requires all skin piercing activities to be licensed.
Skin piercing activities includes any of the
following:- acupuncture; cosmetic body piercing;
electrolysis and tattooing.
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Nurses
agencies registration
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Nursing agencies are regulated by the Care Commission
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Pest
control
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The service is provided for pests considered to be a
risk to public health or food safety including rats,
house mice, cockroaches and fleas. A service may also
be provided to control pests that may become a
nuisance in houses such as a wide range of beetles,
silverfish, earwigs and wasps.
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Petrol
- delivery and storage
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The local authority is responsible for ensuring
safety at sites where petrol is delivered, stored and
dispensed.
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Pollution
control - inspection and regulation
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Inspection and regulation of premises where Part B
processes which have the potential to cause air
pollution are undertaken. These include activities
such as vehicle re-spraying, furniture manufacture
and unloading of petrol.
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Public
health - cooling tower notification
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All premises where cooling towers and evaporative
condensers are situated must register with the local
authority under The Notification of Cooling Towers
and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.
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Rabies
protection
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All rabies susceptible animals entering the UK are
required to spend six months in quarantine, unless
arriving under and complying with all the conditions
of the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS). The port authority
is responsible for ensuring that such animals are
taken directly into quarantine on arrival.
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Refuse
- flytipping
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The council has responsibility for acting on reports
of flytipping to both remove the waste and to locate
and prosecute the offenders. Where the waste is
hazardous the council has a responsibility to ensure
public safety until such time as the waste can be
removed.
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Scientific
services
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The fundamental purpose of the Scientific Service is
to protect the public from unfair or unsafe trade
practices and to promote good health and clean
environment for the benefit of local citizens and
businesses. The Service provides a scientific
advisory and analytical service, of a quality
acceptable to UK Government and the EC. The service
operates in four key areas - food standards, consumer
safety, environmental protection and health and
safety at work.
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Trading
standards - advice to business
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Trading standards provides advice and information to
local traders to help ensure they comply with trading
standards legislation. Routine visits are usually
carried out to most local traders.
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Trading
standards - product safety
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The Trading Standards service has an important role
in supporting and advising businesses, as well as
cracking down on unsafe products and unscrupulous
traders. The local Trading Standards team ensure that
traders (and the products they sell) comply with the
requirements of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, and
the General Product Safety Regulations 1994.
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Trading
standards - retail
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This service aims to ensure that any retailer
operating in the area is confident that they can do
so in the knowledge that they are operating in a
fair, safe and equitable trading environment.
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Trading
standards - weights and measures
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Trading Standards are required to ensure that all
goods sold are correctly weighed and measured in
accordance with current legislation. This is done by
checking the accuracy of weighing/measuring equipment
regularly, checking goods in stock are of the correct
weight, investigating complaints of short measure.
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Water
supply testing
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In general terms a private water supply is on which
is not a "mains" supply. Most private supplies are
situated in the more remote, rural parts of the
country. The source of the supply may be a well,
borehole, spring, burn, river, loch or lochin. The
supply may serve just one property or several
properties through a network of pipes. The
environmental health department will usually offer to
monitor the quality and safety of private drinking
water supplies. In most circumstances, for domestic
premises this is a free service. Tests on the
chemical and microbiological quality of the water
will be carried out. Guidance will be provided to
improve the quality of the water should it fail any
of the tests.
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