Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1961

Amendment of section 30 of the Act of 1937.

4.—Section 30 (inserted by the Act of 1956) of the Act of 1937 is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion after “bacon” in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of “or of a particular type of bacon or specified quantities of particular types of bacon, defined in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order,”,

(b) the substitution of the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of the said paragraph (b), namely:

“(ii) appoint in respect of that period an external-sales quota of bacon or of a particular type or particular types of bacon (defined in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order) which shall be related, in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order, to the quantity or quantities of bacon or of a particular type or types of bacon (defined in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order) produced at licensed premises in a particular period, or

(iii) appoint in respect of that period an external-sales quota of bacon or of a particular type or particular types of bacon (defined in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order) which shall be related, in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order, to the number or numbers of pigs or of a particular type or types of pig (defined in such manner as the Commission thinks fit and specifies in the order) slaughtered at licensed premises in a particular period, and”,

(c) the insertion in paragraph (c) after “bacon” of “except such part (if any) thereof as may be specified in the order”, and

(d) the insertion of the following subsection, namely:

“(2) When appointing any external-sales quota of bacon under paragraph (b) of the preceding subsection of this section, the Commission shall have regard to the following matters, namely:

(a) the capacity of the markets (both home and export) for bacon,

(b) the supply of pigs available or likely to be available to licensees for slaughter,

(c) the stock of bacon on hands,

(d) the desirability of continuity in the supply of bacon to export markets, and

(e) such other matters as the Commission considers relevant.”.