Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935

Records under Part II to be kept by licensees.

33.—(1) Every licensee under a licence shall keep or cause to be kept at the premises to which such licence relates such records as the Minister may, in each individual case, consider satisfactory of all consignments of bacon received into and dispatched from such premises, whether such bacon has or has not been produced at such premises, and within twelve hours after the receipt or dispatch of any such consignment shall enter or cause to be entered in such records such particulars as the Minister may require of the bacon comprised therein and the name and address of the person from whom it was received or to whom it was dispatched (as the case may be), and in regard to any consignment dispatched from the premises the route by which the same was consigned.

(2) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at any time during office hours by an inspector, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for the inspection of such inspector on demand such record and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by such inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such record.

(3) If any person—

(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such record as is required by this section to be kept or caused to be kept by him; or

(b) fails to make or cause to be made in such record within the time appointed by this section any entry required by this section to be made by him therein; or

(c) fails to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an inspector on demand any record, document, or copy of a document which he is required by this section to produce or obstructs any inspector in the making of such inspection; or

(d) makes or causes to be made in such record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,

he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

(a) inspection of a record or document shall include taking copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and

(b) a demand for an inspection of a record required by this section to be kept at any premises, or of any other document reasonably demanded by an inspector under this section for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such record, shall be deemed to have been duly made to the person liable under this section to keep such record if such demand is made verbally at such premises to any individual in the employment of such person; and

(c) a refusal or failure to produce a record required by this section to be kept at any premises or any other document reasonably demanded by an inspector under this section for the purpose of verifying any entry in or any omission from such record if made or committed at such premises by an individual in the employment of the person liable under this section to produce such record or document shall be deemed to have been made or committed by such person.