AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 3

Registration of premises.

3.(1) There shall be kept by the Ministry a register of premises (in this Act
referred to as "registered premises") to be used... for the slaughter of
animals meat from which is intended for sending [to Great Britain or to a
country which is not a member state of the European Economic Community] [or
for the preparation, treatment, storing, processing, or packing of such meat],
and the following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of
such premises:

(a)the Ministry may refuse to register or may cancel the registration of any
premises where the premises or the equipment therein do not conform to the
conditions prescribed by regulations made under section six, or where the
standard of hygiene practised in the premises is considered by the Ministry to
be unsatisfactory, or where the registration was obtained by fraud or
misrepresentation, or where, in relation to the premises, there has been any
contravention of this Act or regulations made thereunder, and may cancel the
registration at the request of the owner;

(b)the Ministry may refuse to register any premises if it is not satisfied
that the animals, the carcases of which are to be handled therein, will be
available for inspection before slaughter and may cancel the registration of
any premises if it is satisfied that such animals have not been so available;

(c)the Ministry before registering any premises not registered at the date of
the passing of this Act shall consult the [district council for the district]
in which the premises are situate.

[(1A) There shall be kept by the Department a register of premises (in
this Act referred to as "EEC registered premises") to be used for the
slaughter of animals the meat from which is intended for sending to another
member state of the European Economic Community or for the preparation,
treatment, storing, processing or packing of such meat being premises and
equipment which conform to the requirements of the rules of that Community on
health problems affecting trade in meat between member states of the
Community.]

(2) [Registers] kept under this section shall contain such particulars as may
be prescribed, and any application for the registration of premises shall be
made in the prescribed manner.

(3) Any premises registered immediately before the passing of this Act under
the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1930, shall
be deemed to be registered under this Act.

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 3