Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939

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Number 35 of 1939.

PIGS AND BACON (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title and collective citation.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Repeals.

PART II.

The Pigs and Bacon Commission.

4.	Establishment of the Pigs and Bacon Commission.
5.	The Chairman of the Commission.
6.	The ordinary members.
7.	Prohibition of interests in certain businesses.
8.	Remuneration of members of the Commission.
9.	Offices and staff of the Commission.
10.	Civil Servants seconded to the Commission.
11.	Prohibition on disclosure of information by members and officers of the Commission.
12.	Procedure of the Commission.
13.	Minutes of meetings of the Commission.
14.	The seal of the Commission.
15.	Accounts, records and reports of the Commission.
16.	The General Fund of the Pigs and Bacon Commission, the Bacon (Price Stabilisation) Fund and the Pigs (Insurance) Fund.
17.	Payments to be made out of the General Fund.
18.	Regulations.
19.	Evidence in proceedings by or against the Commission.
20.	Prosecution of offences.

PART III.

Abolition of the Bacon Marketing Board and the Pigs Marketing Board and Transfer of Functions, Property, Liabilities, etc., of such Boards to the Pigs and Bacon Commission, and Consequential Provisions.

21.	Dissolution of Bacon Marketing Board and Pigs Marketing Board.
22.	Transfer of powers and duties to the Commission.
23.	Adaptation of the Acts of 1935 and 1937.
24.	Continuance of certain orders, etc., of the Bacon Marketing Board.
25.	Continuance of certain orders, etc., made by the Pigs Marketing Board.
26.	Transfer of property of abolished boards.
27.	Transfer of liabilities of abolished boards.
28.	Preservation of continuing contracts.
29.	Statement of assets and liabilities transferred to the Commission.
30.	Continuance of pending legal proceedings.
31.	Preservation of contracts of service.
32.	Provisions as regards salaried staffs of abolished boards.
33.	Admissibility in evidence of books of abolished boards.

PART IV.

Levies Payable by Licensees to the Commission, Subsidies on Bacon, Compensation to Licensees in Respect of Condemned and Damaged Pigs and Carcases, Returns by Licencees, Records to be Kept by Licensees and Inspection of Licensed Premises.

Chapter I.

Levies Payable by Licensees to the Commission.

34.	Levies payable to the Commission in respect of carcases used for production of bacon by licensees.
35.	Levies in respect of bacon sold in the State by licensees.
36.	Levies in respect of bacon exported by licensees.
37.	Levies in respect of pigs purchased by licensees.
38.	Recovery of levies.
39.	Change in ownership of licence during a period for which a levy is payable.

Chapter II.

Subsidies on Bacon.

40.	Subsidies on bacon exported by licensees.
41.	Subsidies on bacon sold in the State by licensees.
42.	Applications for payment of subsidy.
43.	Subsidies to be payable out of Stabilisation Fund.

Chapter III.

Compensation to Licensees in Respect of Condemned and Damaged Pigs and Carcases.

44.	Compensation to licensees in respect of damaged pigs and carcases.

Chapter IV.

Returns by Licensees, Records to be Kept by Licensees and Inspection of Licensed Premises.

45.	Returns to the Commission by licensees.
46.	Records to be kept by licensees.
47.	Inspection of licensed premises, etc., by authorised officers of the Commission.

PART V.

Amendments of the Acts of 1935 and 1937 and Miscellaneous Provisions.

48.	Application of section 30 of the Act of 1935.
49.	Amendment of section 40 of the Act of 1935.
50.	Suspension of sub-section (2) of section 98 of the Act of 1935.
51.	Cesser of section 102 of the Act of 1935.
52.	Cesser of levies under sections 111 and 150 of the Act of 1935, and consequential provisions.
53.	Cesser of section 23 of the Act of 1937.
54.	Amendment of section 39 of the Act of 1937.
55.	Amendment of section 55 of the Act of 1937.
56.	Amendment of section 60 of the Act of 1937.
57.	Cesser of section 69 of the Act of 1937, and saving for levies under section 70 of the Act of 1937.
58.	Ascertainment and publication of cost of producing bacon and other pig products.
59.	Validation of deduction and collection of certain moneys.

SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed

Acts Referred to
Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935	No. 24 of 1935
Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937	No. 23 of 1937
Pigs and Bacon Act, 1938	No. 35 of 1938

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Number 35 of 1939.

PIGS AND BACON (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 AND 1937, BY PROVIDING (AMONGST OTHER MATTERS) FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BACON MARKETING BOARD AND THE PIGS MARKETING BOARD AND THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SAID BOARDS TO A BODY CORPORATE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF LEVIES BY BACON PRODUCERS ON PIGS AND CARCASES OF PIGS, TO VALIDATE THE DEDUCTION BY, AND COLLECTION FROM, BACON PRODUCERS OF CERTAIN MONEYS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [20th December, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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