49.—(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing precautions to be taken by the proprietors of and the persons working in any class of establishment from which, in the opinion of the Minister, there is an especial danger of the spread of infestation of persons and articles.

(2) Regulations made under this section shall not include provision for the compulsory cleansing or disinfestation of persons.

(3) Regulations under this section may provide for their enforcement and execution by officers of the Minister and by health authorities and their officers and may also, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, provide for their enforcement and execution by officers of sanitary authorities.

(4) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section or who wilfully obstructs the execution of a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one pound for each day on which the offence is continued.