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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 12

Interpretation.

12.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression

"animal" has the same meaning as in the Slaughter of Animals Act (Northern
Ireland), 1932;

"authorised officer" means an officer of the Ministry generally or specially
authorised in writing by the Ministry for the purposes of this Act;

"enactment" includes any provision in any Act (whether public general, local
or private) of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom and a provision in any Order in Council, order, regulation,
rule, bye-law, scheme or other instrument made under any such Act;

"exercise", in relation to functions, includes performance, and grammatical
variations of that expression shall be construed accordingly;

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"land" includes buildings, and any right or interest in, to or in respect of
land;

"licence-holder" means a person to whom a licence has been issued;

"licensed", in relation to a slaughter-house, means operated under a
subsisting licence;

"local authority" means the council of a county or other borough or a county
district;

"Ministry" has the meaning assigned to that expression in sub-section (1) of
section one of this Act;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations;

"regulations" means regulations made by the Ministry under this Act;

"slaughter-house" has the same meaning as in the Slaughter of Animals Act
(Northern Ireland), 1932.

Subs.(2)(3) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.


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