Number 10/1930: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930

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10 1930

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Number 10 of 1930.

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PRELIMINARY.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Commencement of this Act.
3.	Definitions.

Part I.

REGISTRATION OF PREMISES AND LICENSING OF EXPORTERS.

4.	Definitions in relation to Part I.
5.	Registers of premises to be kept by Minister.
6.	Conditions of registration of slaughtering premises.
7.	Conditions of registration of crating premises.
8.	Application for registration of premises.
9.	Fees payable in respect of registration of premises.
10.	Provisional registration of slaughtering premises.
11.	Registered licensees of registered slaughtering premises.
12.	Licensed exporters.
13.	Fees on exporter's licences.
14.	Devolution of licence on death.
15.	Transfer of exporter's licence.
16.	Rectification and revocation of exporter's licences.
17.	Exporter's permits.
18.	Returns by registered proprietors and registered licensees.
19.	Records to be kept on registered premises.
20.	Evidence of contents of registers.
21.	Publication of contents of registers, etc.
22.	Inspection of registered premises.
23.	Special provisions where notice requires repair, etc., of premises.
24.	Prohibition of employment of certain persons on registered premises.
25.	Rectification and cancellation of registration.

Part II.

REGULATIONS AS TO SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS AND THE PREPARATION, ETC., OF FRESH MEAT AND OFFALS.

26.	Regulations for the preparation of fresh meat.
27.	Regulations for the marking of fresh meat.
28.	Regulations as to condition of fresh meat at the time of export.
29.	Regulations for the packing of fresh meat.
30.	Regulations for the conveyance of fresh meat.

Part III.

VETERINARY EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF FRESH MEAT.

31.	Appointment of veterinary examiners.
32.	Deputy veterinary examiners.
33.	Allocation of veterinary examiners.
34.	Veterinary examination regulations.
35.	Marking of fresh meat.
36.	Consignment certificates.
37.	Disposal of meat or offals unfit for human consumption.
38.	Notification of disease by veterinary examiner.
39.	Authority of veterinary officer of local sanitary authority to act as veterinary examiner.

Part IV.

EXPORT OF FRESH MEAT, OFFALS, DEAD RABBITS, AND DEAD POULTRY.

40.	Export of fresh meat and offals.
41.	Prohibition of export of carcases within certain minimum limits of weight.
42.	Prohibition of export of certain kinds of fresh meat.
43.	Special licences to export fresh meat and offals.
44.	Export of dead rabbits and poultry.
45.	Inspection, etc., of fresh meat, offals, dead rabbits and dead poultry.
46.	Powers of officers of Customs and Excise.

Part V.

MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.

47.	Powers and duties of veterinary inspectors.
48.	Unlawful possession of marks and certificates.
49.	Powers under other Acts.
50.	Offences.
51.	General Regulations.
52.	Disposition of fees received by Minister.
53.	Expenses.

SCHEDULE.

Rules for Computing Exporter's Half-Yearly Fees.

Acts Referred to
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925

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Number 10 of 1930.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (FRESH MEAT) ACT, 1930.

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE REGULATION OF THE EXPORT OF FRESH MEAT AND OFFALS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE GENERAL STANDARD THEREOF, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF PREMISES USED FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS OR FOR THE PREPARATION AND PACKING OF FRESH MEAT AND OFFALS INTENDED FOR EXPORT, THE LICENSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN EXPORTING FRESH MEAT AND OFFALS AND THE EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF FRESH MEAT AND OFFALS INTENDED FOR EXPORT, TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROPER PACKING OF DEAD RABBITS AND DEAD POULTRY INTENDED FOR EXPORT, AND FOR OTHER MATTERS INCIDENTAL TO THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [15th April, 1930.]

		BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
		PRELIMINARY.
[GA]	Short title.	1. —This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930.
[GA]	Commencement of this Act.	2. —(1) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to beef, veal and the offals of cattle, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(2) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to pork and the offals of pigs, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose, by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(3) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to mutton and lamb and the offals of sheep, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(4) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to horse-flesh and the offals of horses, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(5) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to goat-flesh and the offals of goats, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose, by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(6) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to dead rabbits, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.
[GA]		(7) This Act, in so far as it applies or relates to dead poultry, shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.
[GA]	Definitions.	3. —In this Act—
[GA]		the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;
[GA]		the word “inspector” includes any person authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred or imposed on an inspector by this Act;
[GA]		the expression “veterinary examiner” means a person appointed by the Minister to be a veterinary examiner for the purposes of this Act;
[GA]		the expression “veterinary inspector” means an officer of the Minister authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred or imposed on a veterinary inspector by this Act;
[GA]		the expression “local slaughter-house authority” means the local authority having in the place in relation to which the expression is used powers of registering and licensing slaughter-houses;
[GA]		the expression “local sanitary authority” means a sanitary authority for the purpose of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1919, as amended by the Local Government Acts, 1925 and 1927;
[GA]		the word “cattle” means and includes a bull, cow, bullock, heifer and calf;
[GA]		the word “pig” means and includes a boar, sow, hog and bonham;
[GA]		the word “sheep” means and includes a ram, ewe, wether and lamb;
[GA]		the word “horse” means and includes a stallion, mare, gelding, foal colt and filly;
[GA]		the word “goat” means and includes a male goat, a female goat, and a kid;
[GA]		the word “animals” means and includes cattle, pigs, sheep, horses and goats;
[GA]		the expression “fresh meat” means and includes beef, veal, pork, mutton and lamb, horse-flesh and goat-flesh;
[GA]		the word “offals” means and includes all entrails, fat and parts of an animal other than the dressed carcase which are capable of use for food for human consumption;
[GA]		the word “rabbit” includes a Belgian hare;
[GA]		the word “poultry” means and includes domestic fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks;
[GA]		the word “consignment” includes the whole or one or more portions of a dressed carcase for export;
[GA]		the word “package” includes any wrapper, case, container, cask or other receptacle containing or capable of containing offals for export;
[GA]		the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act.