Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937

Penalty for exporting bacon in excess of external-sales sub-quota.

34.—(1) Where—

(a) a copy of an external-sales sub-quota certificate in relation to any premises has been duly served on the licensee in respect of such premises, and

(b) the quantity of bacon exported from such premises to any country or countries (other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland) during the external-sale period specified in such certificate exceeds by more than five per cent, the external-sale sub-quota for such premises in respect of such period,

such license shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine calculated at the rate of ten shillings for every hundredweight by which the amount of bacon so exported exceeds the external-sales sub-quota for such premises in respect of such period.

(2) Where bacon produced in licensed premises is transferred to other premises and subsequently exported to any country (other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland) during any external-sale period, such bacon shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have been exported to such country from such licensed premises during such external-sale period.