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Apr 27, 2012 News
The Mayor and City Council has announced that it will be taking a zero tolerance approach to illegal street barbering and cosmetology, since it is obvious that cutting hair on the pavements and parapets of the city exposes citizens to a number of health-related issues.
Deputy Chief Constable of the City Constabulary, Trevor Merriman, during an interview with Kaieteur News, explained that it is highly unreasonable for persons to be cutting hair on the streets in close proximity of food stalls and numerous passersby.
“I find it very rather absurd that persons would want to cut hair on the streets. Just imagine a man cutting hair on the streets. You’re passing and hair is flying all over the place, onto a hotdog stall, onto your clothes, into a nearby restaurant and all that. Anyone in their right mind would know that that is unhealthy,” Merriman stated.
Meanwhile, according to a subsequent statement issued by the council, ranks of the constabulary have already arrested one person engaged in barbering on council’s pavement almost a week ago.
They have also been removing temporary tents and have seized a quantity of tools and equipment from those who were involved in these illegal practices. Many were warned, and those who refused to heed were penalised.
The statement also pointed out that barbers and cosmetologists, or anyone desirous of doing barbering, must be registered with the Mayor and City Council, under the law, the Municipal and District Councils Act Chapter 28:01.
This also entails that the barber or cosmetologist must do a medical examination to determine whether or not they are suffering from any communicable diseases.
They are also required to be properly attired, and obligated to ensure that the tools and equipment used in treating their clients are properly sterilised in prescribed solutions.
Since the requirements cannot be met by outdoor barbers, those who indulge in these illegal barbering and hair dressing activities are putting at risk the health of all citizens, the Council stated.
The statement also read that the council is calling on citizens not to support these barbers by having their hair cut or their nails done, by persons who have not been registered and may not be fit enough to carry out such activities.
Those who have been warned, and are still conducting their illegal businesses will continue to be penalised.
The Council says that the campaign will be persistent until citizens are fully aware of the serious health risks that these practices can cause.
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