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S.I. No. 324/1934 -- Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Registration and Levy) Regulations, 1934.

S.I. No. 324/1934 -- Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Registration and Levy) Regulations, 1934. 1934 324

No. 324/1934:

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP (REGISTRATION AND LEVY) REGULATIONS, 1934.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 (No. 42 of 1934), that the Minister for Agriculture may by order make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in the said Act as prescribed or to be prescribed, but that no such regulation shall be made in relation to the amount or collection of fees or levies without the consent of the Minister for Finance :

AND WHEREAS the matters or things prescribed by these Regulations are referred to in the said Act as prescribed or to be prescribe :

NOW I, SEAMAS O RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 (No. 42 of 1934), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order and make the following regulations, that is to say :—

1. These Regulations may be cited for all purposes as the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Registration and Levy) Regulations, 1934.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of these regulations in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In these Regulations the expression " the Act " means the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 (No. 42 of 1934).

4. The certificate of appointment with which every inspector is to be provided under section 5 of the act shall be in the Form S.C.S.1. set forth in the Schedule hereto.

5. —(1) Every application under subsection (1) of section 11 of the act for the registration of premises in the register of slaughtering premises shall be in the Form S.C.S.2 set forth in the Schedule hereto and the directions and instructions contained in or appended to such Form shall be complied with by every person who applies for the registration of any premises in the said register.

(2) Every application under subsection (1) of section 11 of the act for the registration of premises in the register of victualling premises shall be in the Form S.C.S.3 set forth in the Schedule hereto and the directions and instructions contained in or appended to such Form shall be complied with by every person who applies for the registration of any premises in the said register.

(3) The fee of ten shillings which is payable on every application under section II of the Act shall be paid by means of a Post Office Money Order payable to the Paymaster-General at the General Post Office, Dublin, and crossed " & Co. " or by means of a banker's draft or a cheque payable to the credit of the account of the Paymaster-General.

6. Every application under subsection (1) of section 13 of the act for the alteration or cancellation of the registration of any premises registered in either of the registers kept under Part II of the Act shall be in the Form S.C.S. 4 set forth in the Schedule hereto and the directions and instructions contained in or appended to such Form shall be complied with by every person who applies for the alteration or cancellation of any premises registered in either of the said registers.

7. —(1) The records to be kept under subsection (1) of section 16 of the act by every registered proprietor of registered slaughtering premises shall be in such of the Forms S.C.S.5, S.C.S. 5A or S.C.S.5B set forth in the Schedule hereto as are applicable to the business carried on by the registered proprietor of such premises and the entries which shall be made by every such registered proprietor in the said records shall be such as are indicated in the said Forms and such entries shall be made before the removal of any carcase or part of any carcase of cattle or sheep from such premises.

(2) The records to be kept under subsection (1) of section 16 of the act by every registered proprietor of registered victualling premises shall be in such of the Forms S.C.S.6, S.C.S. 6A, or S.C.S.6B as are applicable to the business carried on by the registered proprietor of such premises and the entries which shall be made by every such registered proprietor in the said records shall be such as are indicated in the said Forms and such entries shall be made immediately after receipt of any carcase or part of any carcase of cattle or sheep in such premises.

8. The following shall be the rates of levy on all cattle and sheep slaughtered in registered slaughtering premises for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann, that is to say :—

(a) on all cattle (other than calves aged less than six months) at the rate of one pound per animal, and

(b) on all calves aged less than six months at the rate of one shilling per animal, and

(c) on all sheep at the rate of five shillings per animal.

9. The return to be sent under subsection (2) of section 19 of the act to the Minister for Agriculture by the registered proprietor of every registered slaughtering premises shall be in the Form S.C.S.7 set forth in the Schedule hereto and shall contain the particulars and details reiquired by the said Form.

Given under my Seal of Office this 31st day of October, 1934.

(Sgd). SEAMAS O RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.

I consent to the making of the foregoing regulations.

(Sgd.) SEAN MacENTEE,

Minister for Finance.

Form S.C.S. 1.

SCHEDULE

FORMS

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

It is hereby certified that Mr. ............................................................ ............................................................ ..

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to be an inspector for the purposes of the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 .

Dated this............................................................ ............day of............................................................ .......19...

............................................................ ......

Secretary, Department of Agriculture.

Signature of Inspector............................................................ ............................................................ ............................

FORM S.C.S. 2.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 11

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION IN THE REGISTER OF SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

being engaged (b) in the business of/or proposing to carry on the business of (c) slaughtering cattle for sale for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann/or the business of slaughtering sheep for sale for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann/or the business of slaughtering both cattle and sheep for sale for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann hereby make application to have registered in the Register of Slaughtering Premises the under-mentioned premises

(d) Description of Premises and the limits and extent thereof in which business is carried on or proposed to be carried on:

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

Situation of Premises (Townland or Street)............................................................ ............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

District Electoral Division or Town............................................................ .........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

County............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................

(a) Insert name and full postal address in block letters.

(b) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(c) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(d) Application must be made on a separate form in respect of each separate premises.

The following are the particulars of the numbers of all cattle (i.e. bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers and calves), and sheep (i.e. rams, ewes, wethers and lambs) slaughtered for sale for human consumption on the slaughtering premises named herein during the twelve months ended the 31st August, 1934.

MONTH	NUMBER OF CATTLE SLAUGHTERED		NUMBER OF SHEEP SLAUGHTERED
For my own Victualling Business	For or by other Victuallers	For my own Victualling Business	For or by other Victuallers
1933
September
October
November
December
1934
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
TOTALS

I/We declare that the premises in respect of which this application is made comply with all (if any) relevant regulations and by-laws made by the Local Sanitary Authority.

I/We enclose (e)............................................. for 10/- (ten shillings) being the fee payable on application for registration of premises.

Signature of Proprietor............................................................ ..

Full Postal Address............................................................ ...

Date.............................................

(e) Post Office Money Order payable to the Paymaster-General at the G.P.O., Dublin, and crossed " /& Co./ " or a Banker's draft or a cheque payable to the credit of the account of the Paymaster-General.

Form S.C.S. 3

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 11

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION IN THE REGISTER OF VICTUALLING PREMISES

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................................

being engaged (b) in the business of/or proposing to carry on the business of selling beef, veal, mutton and lamb or any of them hereby make application to have registered in the Register of Victualling Premises the under-mentioned premises.

(c) Description of premises and the limits and extent thereof in which business is carried on or proposed to be carried on :

............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................................

Situation of promises (Townland or Street)............................................................ ...........................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................................

District, Electoral Division or Town............................................................ .......................................................

County............................................................ ......................................

Insert name and full postal address in block letters.

Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

Application must be made on a separate form in respect of each separate premises.

The following are the particulars of the volume and character of the victualling business done in the above-mentioned premises during the twelve months ended the 31st August, 1934.

MONTH	NUMBER AND WEIGHT OF CARCASES SOLD.
MONTH	Number of carcases of cattle (i.e. bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers or calves).	Dead Weight			Number of carcases of sheep	Dead Weight
Cwt.	Qr.	Lb.	Cwt.	Qr.	Lb.
1933
September
October
November
December
1934
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
TOTALS

I/We declare that the premises in respect of which this application is made comply with all (if any) regulations and by-laws made by the Local Sanitary Authority.

I/We enclose (d)............................................................ ..... for 10/- (Ten shillings) being the fee payable on application for registration of premises.

Signature of Proprietor............................................................ ..................................................

Full postal address............................................................ ..........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ....

Date.....................................

Post Office Money Order payable to the Paymaster-General at the G.P.O., Dublin, and crossed " /& Co./ ", or a Banker's draft or a cheque payable to the credit of the account of the Paymaster-General.

Form S.C.S. 4.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 13.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR THE ALTERATION OR THE CANCELLATION OF THE REGISTRATION OF PREMISES.

I/We (a)............................................................ ............................................................ ................................................

of............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

hereby make application for the (b) alteration/cancellation of the registration in the (b) Register of Slaughtering Premises/Register of Victualling Premises of the premises at............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................

(c) The nature of the alteration sought is as follows :—

The following are the reason(s) for this application (d)

............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................................

Signature............................................................ .....................

Description (e)............................................................ ...............

Address............................................................ .....................

Date.........................................................

(a) Insert full name of registered proprietor(s), personal representative or liquidator, as the case may be.

(b) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

(c) If application is for the alteration of registeration, state nature of alteration desired.

(d) State reason(s) for alteration or cancellation as the case may be.

(e) State whether registered proprietor(s), personal representative or liquidator.

Form S.C.S. 5.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16.

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES IN RESPECT OF CATTLE OR SHEEP SLAUGHTERED FOR USE IN OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIS OWN BUSINESS AS A REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED VICTUALLING PREMISES.

CATTLE

SHEEP

Date and place of purchase

Name and address of person from whom each lot of cattle was purchased

Class of each animal (whether bull, cow, bullock, heifer, or calf)

Live weight of each animal or lot of animals

Price or average price paid for each animal

Date of slaughter

Dead weight of each animal

Date of slaughter

Numbers slaughtered

Dead weight of each animal

If purchased by actual weight insert actual weight in this column

If purchased by estimated weight insert estimated weight in this column

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

£

s.

d.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

Form S.C.S. 5A.

AN ROINN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES WHO IS NOT A REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED VICTUALLING PREMISES.

CATTLE

SHEEP

Date of slaughter.

Name and Address of owner of animal.

Class of each animal (whether bull, cow, bullock, heifer or calf).

Dead weight of each animal.

Date of disposition of carcase.

Date of slaughter.

Name and Address of owner of sheep.

Numbers slaughtered.

Dead weight of animals.

Date of disposition of carcase.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

Form S.C.S. 5B.

AN ROIN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16.

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES WHO IN ADDITION TO USING SUCH PREMISES FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE OR SHEEP FOR USE IN OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF HIS OWN BUSINESS AS A REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED VICTUALLING PREMISES, SLAUGHTERS OR PERMITS THE SLAUGHTER IN SUCH SLAUGHTERING PREMISES OF CATTLE OR SHEEP OWNED BY OTHER PERSONS.

CATTLE.

SHEEP.

Date of slaughter.

Name and Address of owner of animals.

Class of each animal (whether bull, cow, bullock, heifer or calf).

Dead weight of each animal.

Date of disposition of carcase.

Date of slaughter.

Name and Address of owner of sheep.

Dead weight of each animal.

Date of disposition of carcase.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

Form S.C.S. 6.

AN ROIN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16.

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY EVERY REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERE8D VICTUALLING PREMISES.

CARCASES OF CATTLE.

CARCASES OF SHEEP.

Date of receipt of each carcase or part carcase.

Name and Address of each registered proprietor of registered premises from whom carcases or part-carcases of cattle were received.

Numbers of cases received.

Numbers of part-cases received.

Class of each carcase or part-carcase (whether beef or veal).

Weight of each carcase or part-carcase.

Date of receipt of each carcase or part-carcase.

Name and Address of each registered proprietor of registered premises from whom carcases or part-carcases of sheep were received.

Numbers of carcases received.

Numbers of part carcases received.

Class of each carcase or part-carcase (whether mutton or lamb).

Weight of each carcase or part-carcase

Regd. slaughtering premises.

Regd. victualling premises.

Regd. slaughtering premises.

Regd. victualling premises.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

AN ROIN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16.

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED VICTUALLING PREMISES WHO IS NOT A REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

CATTLE.

Date and place of purchase.

Name and Address of person from who each lot of cattle was purchased.

Class of each animal (whether bull, cow, bullock, heifer or calf).

Live weight of each animal or lot of animals.

Price or average price paid.

Date of slaughter.

Dead weight of each animal.

If purchased by actual weight insert actual weight in this column.

If purchased by estimated weight insert estimated weight in this column.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

£

s.

d.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

AN ROIN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT, 1934 .

SECTION 16.

FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED VICTUALLING PREMISES WHO IS NOT A REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

CARCASES OF CATTLE.

CARCASES OF SHEEP.

Date of sale.

Name and address of each proprietor of registered victualling premises to whom carcases or part-carcases were sold.

Numbers and descriptions of carcases sold.

Numbers and descriptions of part-carcases sold.

Weight sold

Date of sale.

Name and address of each proprietor of registered victualling premises to whom carcases or part-carcases were sold.

Numbers and descriptions of carcases sold.

Numbers and descriptions of part-carcases sold.

Weight sold.

Beef

Veal

Beef

Veal

Beef

Veal

Mutton

Lamb

Mutton

Lamb

Mutton

Lamb

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

cwt.

qr.

lb.

AN ROIN TALMHAIOCHTA

(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE AND SHEEP ACT. 1934.

SECTION 19.

FORM OF MONTHLY RETURN TO BE SENT BY THE REGISTERED PROPRIETOR OF EVERY REGISTERED SLAUGHTERING PREMISES.

Numbers of cattle and sheep slaughtered for human consumption in Saorstát Eircann during the month of............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................193......

at the registered premises of............................................................ ............................................................ .........

at............................................................ ............................................................ .......................................................

Date of slaughter.

Numbers slaughtered for use in or for the purposes of my own business as a registered proprietor of registered victualling premises.

Numbers slaughtered for or by other persons.

Cattle (excluding calves under six months old).

Calves under six months old.

Sheep (including lambs).

Cattle (excluding calves under six months old).

Calves under six months old.

Sheep (including lambs).

Bulls

Cows

Bullocks

Heifers

Bulls

Cows

Bullocks

Heifers

Totals ...

I/WE certify that the above statement is correct in every particular.

Signature of Proprietor ............................................................ ............................................

Postal Address ............................................................ ......................................................

Date............................................................ .....................

This form should be completed and returned by post to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin, as soon as possible after the end of each month, but in any event in time to reach the Department not later than the 7th day of the month following the month to which the return relates.