Sea Fisheries Act, 1931

Conditions of sale of fish in retail shops.

13.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to offer or have for sale in any premises in which the business of selling fresh fish by retail is carried on any fresh fish unless at the time at which such fish is so offered or had for sale all the following conditions are complied with, that is to say:—

(a) all fresh fish on such premises which is offered or intended for sale and is displayed for sale is so displayed either by being so hung up as to be removed from all sources of contamination or by being set out on a fish-slab so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and

(b) all fresh fish on such premises which is offered or intended for sale and is not displayed for sale is kept in a container which is used exclusively for the storage of fresh fish and is so situated and fitted as to exclude all contamination, and

(c) there are not at any time on any day in such premises any offals removed from fish on any previous day.

(2) If any person offers or has for sale in any premises any fresh fish in contravention of this section such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.