Live Stock Breeding Act, 1925

Minister may grant licences.

2.—(1) The Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and on payment of such fee (not exceeding five shillings) as may be prescribed, grant to any person a licence to keep and have in his possession a specified bull to which this Act applies.

(2) Every application for a licence under this section shall be in the prescribed form and shall be made in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee aforesaid.

(3) The Minister may subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, including payment of such additional fee (not exceeding five pounds) as may be prescribed, grant a licence under this section notwithstanding that the application therefor is made at a time other than the prescribed time.

(4) Where the Minister is satisfied that a licence granted under this section has been lost or destroyed he may, subject to the prescribed conditions and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the holder of such licence a duplicate thereof, and such duplicate licence shall for all purposes have the same force and effect as the original licence, and all the provisions of this Act with respect to a licence granted under this Act shall apply to a duplicate licence issued under this section.

(5) Where the Minister refuses an application for a licence under this section he shall return to the applicant for such licence the fee paid under sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section by such applicant on such application and may also if he thinks proper so to do return to such applicant the whole or any part of the additional fee (if any) paid under sub-section (3) of this section by such applicant in respect of such application.