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Restrictions on time of weighing.
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26.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:—
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(a) fixing the minimum time after feeding within which cattle may be weighed for the purpose of a sale of such cattle for slaughter, including the fixing of different such minimum times for different grades of cattle and for different areas or districts.
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(b) fixing the minimum time after feeding within which sheep may be weighed for the purposes of a sale of such sheep for slaughter, including the fixing of different such minimum times for different grades of sheep and for different areas or districts.
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(2) Whenever any cattle or sheep are weighed for the purposes of a sale of such cattle or sheep for slaughter within a period after feeding which is less than the minimum time (if any) fixed in that behalf by regulations made under this section which is applicable to such sale, the vendor of such cattle or sheep (as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for each animal in respect of which such offence is committed.
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