Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935

Registration of persons and premises.

12.—(1) On receipt of an application for registration in the register of minor curers by a qualified minor curer made under and in accordance with the immediately preceding section, the Minister shall enter in such register the name and address of the applicant and particulars of the premises specified in such application in respect of which registration is sought.

(2) On receipt of an application for registration in the register of pork butchers by a qualified pork butcher made under and in accordance with the immediately preceding section, the Minister shall enter in such register the name and address of the applicant and particulars of the premises specified in such application in respect of which registration is sought.

(3) On receipt of an application for registration in the register of pork butchers by a person who is not a qualified pork butcher made under and in accordance with the immediately preceding section, the Minister may, after consultation with the local slaughter-house authority, enter in such register the name and address of the applicant and particulars of the premises specified in such application in respect of which registration is sought.

(4) References in this Act to a registered minor curer and a registered pork butcher shall be construed as references to a person for the time being registered in the register of minor curers and a person for the time being registered in the register of pork butchers respectively.