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Application for abattoir licence.
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10.—(1) Every application for the grant or renewal of an abattoir licence shall be in such form as may be determined by the Minister and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
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(2) Every application for the grant or renewal of an abattoir licence shall relate to one premises only.
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(3) Where an application is made pursuant to this section for the grant or renewal of an abattoir licence, the Minister shall, before considering the application, cause the premises to which the application relates to be inspected by an authorised officer of the Minister.
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(4) The Minister shall not consider an application for the grant or renewal of an abattoir licence unless the application is accompanied by the appropriate fee.
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(5) Where the Minister, having considered an application for the grant or renewal of an abattoir licence, decides that the application should be refused, the appropriate fee paid in respect of the application shall be repaid to the applicant.
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(6) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the appropriate fee.
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(7) In this Act “the appropriate fee” means a fee determined by reference to the number of animals slaughtered in the abattoir to which the application relates during the calendar year immediately preceding the date of the application in the following manner—
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(a) if the number of animals slaughtered in such abattoir in that year was less than 500, a fee of £10;
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(b) if the number of animals slaughtered in such abattoir in that year was 500 or more but was less than 1,000, a fee of £50;
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(c) in any other case, a fee of £100.
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