Abattoirs Act, 1988

Register of abattoir licences.

12.—(1) The Minister shall establish and maintain a register of abattoir licences (in this Part of this Act referred to as “the register”) of every licence granted by him under this Part of this Act.

(2) There shall be entered in the register—

(a) the full name, address and description of the holder of the licence,

(b) an exact description of the location and the limits and extent of the abattoir to which the licence relates,

(c) the date on which the licence was issued and the expiry date thereof,

(d) such other particulars of, or in respect of, the licence or of the abattoir to which it relates as the Minister may, from time to time, direct.

(3) Whenever an abattoir licence is altered or revoked, there shall be entered in the register such particulars of the alteration or revocation, as the case may be, as the Minister may, from time to time, direct.

(4) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer, authorised by the Minister in that behalf, of the Minister that an abattoir specified in the certificate is not entered in the register shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of the matters so certified and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer, or that he was such an officer, or that he was in fact so authorised.