Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937

Damage allowance.

59.—(1) The Board may, whenever and so often as it thinks fit, by order do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) define what injury or injuries to a non-factory-purchased pig shall constitute damage to such pig for the purposes of such order and fix, in respect of any such pig which is suffering from damage within the meaning of such order, the sum to be allowed in respect of such damage;

(b) define what injury or injuries to the carcase of a factory-purchased pig shall constitute damage to such carcase for the purposes of such order and fix, in respect of any such carcase which is suffering from damage within the meaning of such order, the sum to be allowed in respect of such damage;

(c) define what injury or injuries to the carcase of a non-factory-purchased pig shall constitute damage to such carcase for the purposes of such order and fix, in respect of any such carcase which is suffering from damage within the meaning of such order, the sum to be allowed in respect of such damage,

and may fix different sums in respect of different kinds of damage.

(2) The Board may at any time by order under this sub-section revoke or amend any order made under this section (including this sub-section).

(3) In this Part of this Act—

the word “damaged” when used in relation to any pig or carcase of a pig means suffering from damage within the meaning of an order made under this section;

the expression “appropriate damage allowance” when used in relation to a damaged pig or a damaged carcase of a pig, means the sum fixed by order under this section in respect of the damage from which such pig or carcase is suffering.