Horse Breeding Act, 1934

Minister may grant licences.

12.—(1) The Minister may grant a licence under this Act to any person who applies to him in accordance with this Act for such licence, and may also issue to the applicant (when so requested) a certified copy of such licence.

(2) Where the Minister is satisfied that a licence granted under this section has been lost or destroyed he may, subject to the prescribed conditions and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the holder of such licence a duplicate thereof, and such duplicate licence shall for all purposes have the same force and effect as the original licence, and all the provisions of this Act with respect to a licence granted under this Act shall apply to a duplicate licence issued under this section.

(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that a certified copy of a licence granted under this section has been lost or destroyed he may, subject to the prescribed conditions and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the holder of such licence another certified copy thereof.

(4) The Minister may if he so thinks fit limit the operation of any licence granted under this Act to any place or area in Saorstát Eireann and any licence the operation of which is so limited shall authorise the holder thereof to keep and have in his possession the stallion to which such licence relates only in the place or district to which its operation is limited.