S.I. No. 82/1939 - Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (Amendment) Regulations, 1939.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1939. No. 82.

PIGS AND BACON ACT, 1935 (PART II) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1939.

WHEREAS by virtue of sub-section (1) of Section 54 of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935), the Minister for Agriculture is empowered by order to make regulations in relation to the matters referred to in the said sub-section as being the subject of regulations thereunder, and the said Minister in exercise of (amongst other powers) the powers conferred on him by the said sub-section made the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (No. 2) Regulations, 1936 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 311 of 1936) :

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SÉAMAS O RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sub-section (1) of Section 54 of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order and make the following Regulations, that is to say :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (Amendment) Regulations, 1939.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. Regulation 16 of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (Part II) (No. 2) Regulations, 1936 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 311 of 1936), is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following new paragraph in lieu of paragraph (1) thereof, and the said Regulation shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say :—

" (1) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of Section 54 of the Act, the mark to be applied to carcases which have been examined and certified by a veterinary examiner in licensed premises for the purpose of indicating the matters mentioned in the said sub-section shall be as follows :—

(i) the mark shall be of a design conforming in all respects (including dimensions) with the following pattern :—

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(ii) in addition the said mark shall contain, in the margin thereof at the sides, the number of the licence granted by the Minister in respect of the premises in which the carcases were examined and certified."

Given under my Seal of Office, this 8th day of March, 1939.

(Signed) SÉAMAS O RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.