Clause 12

by inserting immediately after subsection (1) thereof the following new subsections: —“(1A) If, in any premises, wasps, bees, hornets or other insects capable of stinging exist and a Medical Officer of Health or a Public Health Engineer is of the opinion that there is a probability, risk or danger that the persons in such premises or in the vicinity thereof may be stung by them, or if any such persons have been stung by them, he may serve a notice in writing on the owner or the occupier of such premises, calling upon him to take such measures, at the expense of such owner or occupier, as the Medical Officer of Health or a Public Health Engineer considers necessary, within such time and date as may be specified in such notice, for the destruction of such insects, for the removal of their breeding places and for preventing their re-appearance.(1B) Where such insects exist in any vacant premises and the owner cannot by the exercise of reasonable diligence be found, and a Medical Officer of Health or a Public Health Engineer is of the opinion that persons in the vicinity of such premises are in imminent danger of being stung by insects, or if any such persons have been stung by them, he may, upon the written consent of the Commissioner being first obtained, enter upon such premises and take such measures as he considers necessary for the destruction of such insects, for the removal of their breeding places and for preventing their re-appearance, and the costs and expenses thereby incurred shall be borne by the Government.”; and

by deleting the words “such notice” appearing in the second line of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “any notice served under subsection (1) or (1A) of this section”.