Abattoirs Act, 1988
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Amendment of Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961. |
50.—(1) The Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the deletion in section 2 of the definition of “local sanitary authority”, | ||
(b) the substitution for “local sanitary authority” and for “local sanitary authorities”, wherever those words appear, of “local authority within the meaning of the Abattoirs Act, 1988,”, | ||
(c) the substitution for section 25 of the following section: | ||
“25. (1) Every applicant for a licence shall pay to the Minister in respect of each application a fee of £500, the payment of which shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of such application by the Minister. | ||
(2) Whenever an application for a licence is refused by the Minister, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, repay to the applicant the fee paid under this section in respect of such application. | ||
(3) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in subsection (1) of this section.”, and | ||
(d) the insertion after section 4 of the following section: | ||
“Increase of fines. | ||
4A. (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 Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 , specified in column (2) of the Fourth 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. | ||
(3) Section 10 (2) of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937 , is hereby amended by the substitution for “be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds” of “be liable, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment, or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £10,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment.”. |