Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1961

Pre-packaging of bacon and other pigmeat for sale by retail.

26.—(1) The Minister may by regulations provide for—

(a) the prohibition of the pre-packaging of bacon or other pigmeat otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence (in this section referred to as a pre-packaging licence),

(b) the grant and revocation of pre-packaging licences by the Minister,

(c) the attaching of conditions to pre-packaging licences by the Minister and the amendment and revocation of the conditions by the Minister,

(d) the method and manner of pre-packaging bacon and other pigmeat including the wrapping materials and packages to be used for the pre-packaging,

(e) the cleanliness and sterilisation of the wrapping materials and packages, and

(f) the classification and grading of the contents of the packages,

and regulations under this section may provide that different provisions thereof shall apply in relation to different forms of bacon and other pigmeat.

(2) A person who contravenes a provision of regulations made under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(3) Regulations made under section 45 of the Principal Act in relation to the packing of bacon and the materials and packages tobe used for the packing shall not apply in relation to the packing, or the materials or packages to be used in the packing, of bacon in relation to which regulations made under this section apply.

(4) In this section “pre-packaging”, in relation to bacon or other pigmeat, means the preparation and packing of bacon or other pigmeat, elsewhere than in the premises where it is intended to sell the bacon or other pigmeat by retail, in such manner that the bacon or other pigmeat does not require further preparation or packing before or for the purpose of being sold by retail.