Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Amendment) Act, 1935

Supply of canned beef for the purposes of Part IX of the Principal Act.

21.—(1) The Minister may by order, if and whenever he so thinks proper, authorise, as on and from a specified day, the supply, by way of sale to and purchase by recipients in pursuance of Part IX of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, of canned beef in lieu of fresh beef, and may by such order or any subsequent order do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) appoint the persons by whom and the places at which canned beef is to be so supplied;

(b) fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the maximum weekly quantity of canned beef to be supplied by any such person at any such place;

(c) fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the quantity of canned beef which shall, for the purposes of Part IX of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, be equivalent to any particular quantity of beef specified in a beef voucher;

(d) fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the rate per pound on which the price payable by the recipient for such canned beef is to be calculated;

(e) make such provision by way of adaptation or modification of all or any of the provisions (other than penal provisions) of Part IX of the Principal Act (as amended by this Act) as may, in the opinion of the Minister, be necessary to secure the full and proper application of such provisions to the supply of canned beef in accordance with such order.

(2) Whenever and so long as any order or orders made by the Minister under the next preceding sub-section of this section is or are in force, Part IX of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of such order or orders.

(3) Save as may be otherwise provided by an order made by the Minister under this section, the word “beef” when used without qualification shall be construed and have effect, for the purposes of Part IX of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, as meaning fresh beef only.

(4) The Minister may at any time by order revoke or amend any order previously made by him under this section, including an order made under this sub-section.