SLAUGHTER-HOUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953

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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1



1.(1) The Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as "the Ministry")
may issue licences in respect of slaughter-houses, subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed including (but without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing words) conditions as to the kind or kinds of animal which may be
slaughtered in any slaughter-house.

(2) An application for a licence under this section (in this Act referred to
as a "licence") shall be in such form as may be prescribed.

(3) The Ministry, on receiving an application for a licence

[(a)shall, before issuing the licence, consult the district council for the
district in which are situated the premises in respect of which the
application is made];

(b)may before issuing the licence cause an inspection to be made by an
authorised officer of the premises, plant and equipment proposed to be used
for the purposes of the slaughter-house in respect of which the application is
made.

(4) An application duly made for the issue of a licence may be refused on the
ground that

(a)the applicant was at any time a licence-holder whose licence has been
revoked either by the Ministry under this Act or by a court of summary
jurisdiction under any other enactment;

(b)the slaughter-house of the applicant is one in respect of which a licence
previously subsisted and has been revoked either by the Ministry or by a court
as aforesaid;

(c)the premises used, or proposed to be used, for the purposes of the
slaughter-house of the applicant are wholly or partly the same as those used
for the purposes of a slaughter-house in respect of which a licence previously
subsisted and has been revoked either by the Ministry or by a court as
aforesaid;

(d)the applicant is a person who has been convicted of an offence against
this Act or any other enactment relating to the regulation of
slaughter-houses;

(e)the Ministry is not satisfied that the premises, plant and equipment used
for the purposes of the slaughter-house of the applicant comply or, regard
being had to any alterations or additions which it is proposed to make
respecting the premises or the buildings or plant thereon or the equipment
thereof, will be made to comply, with such requirements as shall be
prescribed; or

(f)the Ministry is not satisfied that, regard being had to the supply of
animals available or likely to become available in the area wherein the
premises are situate in respect of which the application is made, to the
slaughter-house facilities already available to that area, and (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words of this paragraph) to any
relevant special circumstances, the premises are needed for use as a
slaughter-house;

(5) A licence shall be in such form as may be prescribed, and shall contain a
statement specifying the name and address of the licence-holder and
particulars of the premises used for the purposes of the slaughter-house in
respect of which it is issued.

(6) A licence shall continue in force until it is revoked or suspended either
under section three of this Act or by a court of summary jurisdiction under
any other enactment, or is surrendered by the licence-holder.

(7) Subject to the succeeding sub-section, it shall not be lawful for any
person to slaughter or cause or permit to be slaughtered for human consumption
an animal of any kind except in a slaughter-house duly licensed under this
section for the slaughter of animals of that kind, or operated by the Ministry
under section eight of this Act.

(8) The Ministry may by order exempt from the provisions of the last preceding
sub-section

(a)the slaughter in any part of Northern Ireland designated in the order of
pigs for sale to a person who is a licensed bacon-curer within the meaning of
the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1930;

(b)the slaughter on farms in any part of Northern Ireland designated in the
order of animals, the property of the owner or occupier of the farm on which
they are slaughtered, for the purpose of their being consumed in the household
of such owner or occuper;

(c)the slaughter of any animal under or by virtue of the Diseases of Animals
Acts (Northern Ireland), 1894 to 1948; or

(d)the slaughter of animals whose immediate slaughter becomes necessary or
expedient by reason of injury or by reason of infirmity other than disease
within the meaning of the Diseases of Animals Acts (Northern Ireland), 1894 to
1948;

Register of licensed slaughter-houses.

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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1