Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930

Rectification and cancellation of registration.

25.—(1) The Minister may at any time alter or cancel the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act upon the application in writing in the prescribed form and manner of the registered proprietor or, in the case of an individual, the personal representative or, in the case of an incorporated body, the liquidator of the registered proprietor of such premises.

(2) The Minister may at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, alter the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act in any respect in which such registration appears to him to be erroneous or misleading.

(3) The Minister may, at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, cancel the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act if he is satisfied—

(a) that the registration was procured by fraud or by misrepresentation whether fraudulent or innocent; or

(b) that the premises have ceased to be eligible for registration in the register in which the same are registered; or

(c) that the accommodation and the plant and equipment provided in the premises are insufficient for the volume of business carried on therein; or

(d) that the registered proprietor, if an individual, has died or, if an incorporated body, has; been dissolved and no other person has within one month after such death or dissolution been registered in place of the registered proprietor so dead or dissolved; or

(e) that the registered proprietor has been adjudicated a bankrupt; or

(f) in the case of registered pig slaughtering premises from which pork is exported, that in any period of twelve months commencing on any 1st day of July subsequent to the date on which registration of such premises was granted the volume of the export trade of pork exported from such premises has been less than 1,000 carcases of pigs; or

(g) that in his opinion there has been any contravention (whether by way of commission or omission) of this Act or any regulations made thereunder on the premises; or

(h) that the registered proprietor has been convicted under Section 131 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, or under Sections 132, 133, 134 or 135 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, as amended by Section 28 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, of an offence committed on the premises.

(4) Before altering or cancelling (otherwise than in accordance with an application in that behalf made under this section) the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act, the Minister shall give at least one fortnight's notice in writing of his intention so to cancel or alter such registration to the registered proprietor of such premises or his personal representative (if any) or its liquidator (as the case may be) and also to the registered licensees (if any) of such premises and shall consider any representations made before the expiration of such notice by such registered proprietor or personal representative or liquidator (as the case may be) or by any such registered licensee and may, if he thinks fit, cause an inquiry to be held in relation to the matter.

(5) A notice of the Minister's intention to cancel or alter registration of premises under this part of this Act may be served by delivering it to the person to whom it is addressed or by leaving it for him with a person over sixteen years of age on the premises to which it relates or by sending it by post to the person to whom it is addressed at his last known place of abode.

(6) Where the Minister has cancelled under this section the registration of any premises, the Minister may at any time thereafter refuse to register such premises in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act.