Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1956

External-sales sub-quotas for licensed premises.

10.—The following section shall be substituted for section 31 of the Act of 1937:

“31.—(1) Whenever the Commission make, at any meeting, an external-sales order appointing a specified quantity of bacon to be the external-sales quota, the Commission shall at that meeting make an order (in this section referred to as an allocation (external-sales quota) order) allotting the external-sales quota in respect of the external-sale period appointed by that external-sales order between such licensed premises and in such proportions as the Commission think proper, and references in this Part of this Act to the external-sales sub-quota for particular licensed premises in respect of a particular external-sale period shall, subject to the provisions of section 32 of this Act, be construed as references to the portion of the external-sales quota in respect of that external-sale period allotted to such premises by an allocation (external-sales quota) order.

(2) Whenever the Commission make an allocation (external-sales quota) order in respect of a particular external-sale period—

(a) the Commission shall make in respect of each licensed premises to which the order relates a certificate (in this Part of this Act referred to as an external-sales sub quota certificate) certifying the quantity of bacon which has been allotted to such premises by the said order and the external-sale period to which it relates, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified;

(b) the Commission shall, before the commencement of that period, cause a copy of the certificate to be served on the licensee in respect of such premises.

(3) Whenever the Commission make an external-sales order in respect of a particular external-sale period in which they appoint an external-sales quota under subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of section 30 of this Act—

(a) the Commission shall make in respect of any licensed premises a certificate (in this Part of this Act referred to as an external-sales sub-quota certificate) certifying the external-sales quota under that order, its application to such premises and the external-sale period to which the order relates, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified;

(b) the Commission shall, before the commencement of that period, cause a copy of the certificate to be served on the licensee in respect of such licensed premises.

(4) The Commission may, on the joint application of the holder of a licence in respect of particular premises and the holder of a licence in respect of other premises, transfer from the first-mentioned premises to the other premises the whole or any part of the external-sales sub-quota for the first-mentioned premises in respect of a particular external-sale period, and thereupon the external-sales sub-quota for the first-mentioned premises in respect of that external-sale period and the external-sales sub-quota for the other premises in respect of that external-sale period shall for the purposes of this Part of this Act be deemed to have been respectively decreased and increased accordingly.”