Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1887

Power to exempt certain markets and fairs from provisions of Act.

9.—(1) The market authority of any market or fair may at any time apply to the Local Government Board[1] to be exempted from the provisions of this Act on the ground that the sale of cattle at such market or fair is or is likely to be so small as to render it inexpedient to enforce the provision and maintenance of a place for weighing cattle and of a weighing machine under this Act; and thereupon the Local Government Board may by order declare that this Act shall not apply to such market or fair until after the expiration of a time not exceeding three years to be limited by such order. Any order made under this section may at any time be wholly or partially rescinded, altered, or extended by any subsequent order of the Local Government Board.

(2) This Act shall not apply to any market or fair to which any order under this section applies so long as it is declared by such order that this Act shall not apply thereto.

[1 The powers of the Local Government Board under s. 9 were transferred as regards England and Scotland to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and as regards Ireland to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland by 54 & 55 Vict. c. 70, s. 1; 62 & 63 Vict. c. 50, s. 2 (1) (d), (2), and Order of Lord Lieutenant, Stat. Rules and Orders, Rev., 1904, IV. “Department of Agriculture, &c. for I.,” p. 1, and 3 Edw. 7. c. 31, s. 1 (1).]