Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Amendment) Act, 1936

Provisions consequential on the expiry or cesser of the Principal Act or the Amending Act.

5.—(1) When any Part (other than Parts I, VI, VII, and VIII) of the Principal Act or any provision of the Amending Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), shall apply and have effect in relation to such expiry or cesser as if such expiry or cesser were a repeal by an Act of the Oireachtas passed on the day on which such expiry or cesser takes effect and such Part or provision were repealed by such Act of the Oireachtas as on and from that date.

(2) The subsequent provisions of this section shall operate by way of amplification or extension of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), as applied by the foregoing sub-section of this section, and none of the said subsequent provisions of this section shall be construed as excluding or replacing any provision of the said sub-section (2) as so applied.

(3) When Part II of the Principal Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, section 14 (as amended by section 6 of the Amending Act) and section 16 (except sub-section (1) thereof) of the Principal Act shall, notwithstanding such expiry or cesser (as the case may be), continue in force subject to the modifications that the expression “registered premises” where it occurs in sub-section (1) of the said section 14 shall be construed as meaning premises which were registered premises immediately before such expiry or cesser, and that the powers conferred by the provisions so continued in force shall be exercisable only for the purposes of a provision of the Principal Act or the Amending Act which is for the time being in force by virtue of this section or otherwise.

(4) When Part III of the Principal Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, section 19 (except sub-section (1) thereof) of the Principal Act shall, notwithstanding such expiry or cesser (as the case may be), continue in force in relation to every levy payable under sub-section (1) of the said section 19 in respect of a levy month which ends on or before the day on which such expiry or cesser takes effect.

(5) When Part IX of the Principal Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, sections 48 , 49 and 53 of the Principal Act as amended by the Amending Act shall, notwithstanding such expiry or cesser (as the case may be), continue in force in relation to all beef supplied under the said Part IX as so amended during any prescribed period which ends on or before the date on which such expiry or cesser takes effect.

(6) When section 13 of the Amending Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, the said section 13 shall, notwithstanding such expiry or cesser (as the case may be), continue in force in relation to every levy payable under section 19 of the Principal Act in respect of a levy month which ends on or before the day on which such expiry or cesser takes effect.

(7) When section 14 of the Amending Act expires or ceases to be in force by virtue of this Act or an order made by the Executive Council under this Act, sub-sections (4), (5), and (7) of the said section 14 shall, notwithstanding such expiry or cesser (as the case may be), continue in force in relation to every levy payable under sub-section (1) of the said section on a demand made by the Minister before such expiry or cesser.