Abattoirs Act, 1988

Amendment of Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930.

48.—(1) The Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for section 9 of the following section:

“9. (1) There shall be paid to the Minister by the person applying for the registration of premises in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act the fee of £500 and the payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in subsection (1) of this section.”,

(b) the substitution for section 11 (3) of the following subsection:

“(3) (a) There shall be paid to the Minister by every person applying for registration as a registered licensee under this section the fee of £10 and the payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister.

(b) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection.”, and

(c) the insertion after section 51 of the following section:

“Increase of fines.

51A.—(1) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in any section of this Act.

(2) Whenever the Minister proposes to make Regulations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Regulations shall not be made until a draft of the Regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.”.

(2) A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 , specified in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall, in lieu of the penalty provided in any such section and specified in column (3) of that Schedule, be liable to the penalty specified in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number, and that section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.