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Conditions for granting a licence.
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3.—(1) The Minister shall not grant a licence under this Act in respect of any bull which appears to him—
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(a) to be calculated to beget defective or inferior progeny, or
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(b) to be affected by any contagious or infectious disease, or
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(c) to be affected by any other disease or defect prescribed as a disease or defect rendering a bull unsuitable for breeding purposes.
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(2) The Minister may for the purposes of this Act cause any bull in respect of which an application for a licence under this Act has been made to be inspected and examined and, in the prescribed cases, to be marked in the prescribed manner with the prescribed mark by an inspector at the time and place appointed by the Minister for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the applicant for the licence to bring the bull at the time and to the place so appointed.
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(3) Where the applicant for a licence under this Act fails to bring the bull to which his application relates at the time and to the place appointed as aforesaid, the Minister may refuse to grant the licence or, if so required by the applicant and upon payment by the applicant of such fee (not exceeding five pounds) as may be prescribed, may cause the bull to be specially inspected, examined, and marked as aforesaid for the purposes of this section at such time and place as may be appointed by the Minister for that purpose.
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