Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935

Restriction on price of pigs and carcases.

144.—(1) It shall not be lawful, during any period appointed to be a sale period by a price order, for any licensee or registered minor curer to purchase or for any person to sell to a licensee or a registered minor curer—

(a) any non-factory-purchased pig of a class fixed by such order at a sum other than the following sum, namely, a sum calculated by reference to the weight of such pig and the price fixed by such order for non-factory-purchased pigs of that class, less the appropriate amount, the freight allowance, and the buying allowance;

(b) any factory-purchased pig at a sum other than the following sum, namely, a sum to be calculated by reference to the weight of the carcase of such pig and the price fixed by such order for carcases of factory-purchased pigs of a grade and class corresponding to the grade and class of such carcase, less the appropriate amount;

(c) any carcase of a non-factory-purchased pig at a sum other than—

(i) in case such order fixes grades of classes of carcases of non-factory-purchased pigs, the following sum, namely, a sum calculated by reference to the weight of such carcase and the price fixed by such order for carcases of non-factory-purchased pigs of a grade and class corresponding to the grade and class of such carcase, less the appropriate amount, the freight allowance, and the buying allowance, or

(ii) in any other case, the following sum, namely, a sum calculated by reference to the weight of such carcase and the price fixed by such order for carcases of non-factory-purchased pigs of a class corresponding to the class of such carcase, less the appropriate amount, the freight allowance, and the buying allowance.

(2) In this section the expression “the appropriate amount” in relation to any pig or carcase sold means the sum of the following amounts:—

(a) in case such pig or carcase is purchased by a licensee—

(i) a sum equal to the sum for the time being prescribed for the purposes of the levy payable to the Board by licensees under the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to levy payable by licensees to the Pigs Marketing Board; and

(ii) a sum equal to the sum for the time being prescribed by the Minister under the provisions of Part II of this Act relating to fees payable by licensees; and

(iii) a sum equal to the sum for the time being fixed as the insurance allowance; and

(b) in case such pig or carcase is purchased by a registered minor curer, a sum of one shilling; and

(c) in case such pig or carcase is purchased at a fair or market at which tolls are payable, a sum equal to the amount of the toll for one pig or one carcase (as the case may be); and

(d) in case such a pig or carcase is purchased at a fair or market and was for the purpose of such sale weighed on a weighing machine provided for the purpose of such fair or market, a sum equal to the sum chargeable for weighing one pig or one carcase (as the case may be) on such weighing machine; and

(e) in case such pig or carcase is weighed at a place other than the premises of such licensee or registered minor curer on a weighing machine provided by such licensee or registered minor curer, a sum equal to the sum (if any) customarily chargeable by such licensee or registered minor curer for weighing one pig or one carcase (as the case may be).

(3) If any licensee or registered minor curer purchases, or any person sells to a licensee or a registered minor curer, any pigs or carcases in contravention of this section, such licensee or registered minor curer and such person shall each be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of two pounds for every pig or carcase in respect of which such offence is committed.