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Inspection of premises, etc.
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36.—(1) Any inspector, veterinary inspector, or veterinary examiner shall be entitled (subject to the production by him if so required of his authority in writing as such inspector, veterinary inspector or veterinary examiner) at all reasonable times to enter upon any licensed premises, any premises in respect of which an application for a licence has been made or any other premises in which he believes or suspects that bacon is being produced for sale, and to inspect such premises and the plant, machinery, appliances and equipment therein, to observe all or any of the processes used in the business carried on therein and, if such premises are licensed premises, to take samples of carcases, bacon and materials used in the preparation of carcases and the production of bacon, found therein.
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(2) Any duly authorised officer of a local sanitary authority shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter upon any licensed premises situate in the functional area of such authority and to make such inspection therein as may be necessary to satisfy him that the conditions of cleanliness and suitability of premises and, if such premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, the conditions of suitability of slaughtering premises are being complied with.
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(3) It shall be the duty of an inspector, veterinary inspector or veterinary examiner who, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this section, has inspected any licensed premises to furnish a report in writing to the Minister of any breaches observed by him in such premises of the conditions of cleanliness and suitability of premises and, in case such premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, the conditions of suitability of slaughtering premises.
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(4) It shall be the duty of a duly authorised officer of a local sanitary authority who, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this section, has inspected any licensed premises to furnish a report in writing to the Minister of any breaches observed by him in such premises of the conditions of cleanliness and suitability of premises and, in case such premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, the conditions of suitability of slaughtering premises.
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(5) Every person who obstructs or impedes any inspector, veterinary inspector or veterinary examiner or any duly authorised officer of a local sanitary authority in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
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(6) Whenever an inspector, veterinary inspector or veterinary examiner or a duly authorised officer of a local sanitary authority reports under this section to the Minister that any licensed premises do not comply with the conditions of cleanliness and suit ability of premises or that any licensed curing and slaughtering premises do not comply with the conditions of suitability of slaughtering premises, the Minister may serve a notice upon the person who is the holder of the licence which relates to such premises requiring such person to do in the manner and within the time specified in such notice the things specified therein.
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(7) A notice under the immediately preceding sub-section in relation to any licensed premises may require that all or any of the following things be done:—
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(a) that the premises or any specified portion thereof be cleansed;
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(b) that the equipment, fittings and appliances or any part thereof be cleansed;
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(c) that the premises or any specified portion thereof be put in a state of good repair;
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(d) that such structural alterations or additions be made in or to the premises as the notice may specify;
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(e) that the equipment, fittings or appliances, or any part thereof be put in a state of good repair;
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(f) that such improvements or additions as the notice may specify be made in or to the equipment, fittings and appliances used in the premises;
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(g) that any cause of contamination or deterioration to which the carcases or offals prepared or packed in the premises are exposed be removed or rendered innocuous;
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(h) in case the premises are licensed curing and slaughter ing premises, that adequate facilities be provided for the proper disposal of blood, washings and waste;
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(i) in case the premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, that there shall be made available on the premises an adequate supply of good and whole some water;
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(j) in case the premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, that adequate facilities be provided on or in respect of the premises for the penning and resting of pigs before slaughter;
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(k) in case the premises are licensed curing and slaughtering premises, that there be employed in the premises one or more persons skilled in the slaughtering of pigs and preparation of carcases and offals.
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(8) Where a notice under this section in relation to any licensed premises has been duly served on any person, it shall not be lawful, after the expiration of the time specified in such notice for doing the things required by such notice, for such person to carry on in such premises the business of curing bacon unless such person has done all such things in the manner required by such notice.
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(9) If any person acts in contravention of the immediately preceding sub-section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and a further fine not exceeding five pounds for every day during which the offence is continued.
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