EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

AMENDMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY PUBLIC HEALTH (DAIRY) REGULATIONS

No. 10 of 1972

	Regulations to amend the Public Health (Dairy) Regulations made under the Australian Capital Territory Public Health Ordinance 1928-1966 have been made by the Minister for Health.  The purpose of the amending regulations is to prevent deterioration of milk by exposure to sunlight, during periods of daylight saving, by altering the prescribed hours of its delivery.

	The Regulations prohibit delivery of milk and cream to households between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. except during periods of daylight saving provided for by the Standard Time and Summer Time Ordinance 1972 when household delivery is prohibited between the hours 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

	Commercial delivery and carriage of milk and cream between those hours is permitted only by licensed dairymen and persons using vehicles so adapted to ensure that the temperature of milk and cream carried in the vehicle does not exceed 50° Fahrenheit.