Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935

Definitions.

2.—In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister far Agriculture;

the word “carcase” means the carcase of a pig, whether wholly or partly eviscerated;

the word “bacon” includes ham and gammons;

the word “offals” means any part of a pig (other than the carcase) which is capable of use for food for human consumption;

the expression “the Bacon Marketing Board” means the Bacon Marketing Board to be established under Part III of this Act;

the expression “the Pigs Marketing Board” means the Pigs Marketing Board to be established under Part IV of this Act;

the expression “local sanitary authority” means a sanitary authority for the purposes of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1931;

the expression “the local slaughter-house authority” means the local authority having in the place in relation to which the expression is used powers of registering and licensing slaughterhouses;

the expression “office hours” means—

(a) in relation to any day (not being a Sunday, a bank holiday, or a locally observed holiday or half-holiday) any time between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon during which business is being carried on or work is being done at the premises in relation to which the expression is used; and

(b) in relation to any locally observed half-holiday, any time between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon during which business is being carried on or work is being done at the premises in relation to which the expression is used.