Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937
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Obligation of licensee to present bacon for examination by veterinary examiners and consequential amendments of the Principal Act. |
10.—(1) Where bacon has been produced in licensed premises from carcases which have had applied thereto the marks (in this sub-section referred to as the carcase marks) prescribed by the regulations made under sub-section (1) of section 54 of the Principal Act, and such bacon bears the carcase marks, the licensee in respect of such premises shall, before such bacon is consigned from such premises, present such bacon to a veterinary examiner for examination in accordance with the veterinary examination (bacon) regulations made under sub-section (3) of section 52 of the Principal Act and upon such presentation the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:— | |
(a) in case such veterinary examiner is, upon such examination, satisfied that such bacon has been produced in accordance with the regulations for the production of bacon made under section 43 of the Principal Act and that such bacon is fit for human consumption he shall inform the licensee accordingly; | ||
(b) in case such veterinary examiner is upon such examination not so satisfied, he shall effectively remove from such bacon the carcase marks. | ||
(2) If any licensee fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section such licensee shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds. | ||
(3) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor. | ||
(4) The Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | ||
(a) by the deletion of sub-sections (2) and (4) of section 54 ; | ||
(b) by the deletion in sub-section (3) of the said section 54 of the words “or the bacon (as the case may be)”; | ||
(c) by the deletion in sub-section (5) of the said section 54 of the words “or any bacon”; | ||
(d) by the deletion of section 56 ; | ||
(e) by the deletion in sub-section (1) of section 57 of the Principal Act of the words “to which a veterinary examiner has applied the marks prescribed by the regulations for the marking of bacon” and the substitution for the words so deleted of the words “being bacon which bears the marks prescribed by the regulations for the marking of carcases and which has been found by a veterinary examiner upon examination to have been produced in accordance with the regulations for the production of bacon and to be fit for human consumption,”; | ||
(f) by the deletion in sub-section (3) of the said section 57 of the words “to which the marks prescribed by the regulations for marking bacon have been applied by a veterinary examiner” and the substitution for the words so deleted of the words “being bacon which bears the marks prescribed by the regulations for the marking of carcases and which has been found by a veterinary examiner upon examination to have been produced in accordance with the regulations for the production of bacon and to be fit for human consumption,”; | ||
(g) by the deletion in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 66 of the words “bacon by veterinary examiners” and the substitution for the words so deleted of the word “carcases”; | ||
(h) by the deletion in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section 71 of the words “a bacon (veterinary examiner's) mark”; | ||
(i) by the deletion in sub-section (4) of the said section 71 of the definition of the expression “bacon (veterinary examiner's) mark” and of the words “which is an instrument for the marking of bacon with a bacon (veterinary examiner's) mark and is of the design prescribed by regulations for the marking of bacon by veterinary examiners; or”. |