S.I. No. 1/1963:

THE PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 to 1961 (PIGS AND BACON COMMISSION) GRADING (No. 1) ORDER, 1963.

THE PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 to 1961 (PIGS AND BACON COMMISSION) GRADING (No. 1) ORDER, 1963.

WHEREAS Section 62 (1) of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937 (No. 23 of 1937) provides that the Board may whenever and so often as it thinks fit, by Order require any Licensee who purchases any pig or carcase of a pig, to make, sign and deliver to the Vendor a Certificate containing the names and addresses of the Vendor and the Purchaser and such particulars in relation to such pig or carcase as may be specified in such Order:

AND WHEREAS by virtue of sub-section (1) of Section 22 of the Act of 1939 (No. 35 of 1939), the several powers and duties under the Acts of 1935 and 1937 which were formerly exercised or performed or capable of being exercised or performed by the Bacon Marketing Board and the Pigs Marketing Board respectively have been transferred to and are now vested in the Pigs and Bacon Commission ;

NOW THEREFORE the Pigs and Bacon Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), in exercise of the powers vested in it under the said Sections hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Grading (No. 1) Order, 1963.

2. This Order shall be construed together with the Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Grading (No. 1) Order, 1962, and shall have effect notwithstanding any of the provisions of that Order.

3. Where a pig is purchased by a licensee in the period from 7th January, 1963, to 6th April, 1963 (both dates inclusive) and its carcase is disqualified for inclusion in Grade " A " solely by reason of its not being of the minimum length measurement prescribed for that grade, the certificate to be given to the vendor for the purposes of paragraph 2 of The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Grading (No. 1) Order, 1962, shall be in the form in the Schedule to this Order.

4. The carcase of every bacon pig which is purchased by a licensee in the period from 7th January, 1963, to 6th April, 1963 (both dates inclusive) and which is disqualified for inclusion in Grade " A " solely by reason of its not being of the minimum length measurement prescribed for that grade shall be graded " L ".

5. Grade " L " shall rank in priority next after Grade " A ".

6. In the case of a carcase graded " L " every Licensee shall allow an officer of the Minister for Agriculture or of the Commission to place on or affix to the carcase such mark or marks as may be approved by the Commission from time to time and every such mark or marks shall remain on the carcase and shall not be removed therefrom.

7. This Order shall come into force on 7th January, 1963.

SCHEDULE.

SALE CERTIFICATE.

No................................

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

Account of the Purchase of Factory-Purchased Grade "L" Pigs by (Name of Firm)........................

from.................... of............................................................ ....................................................

Particulars of each Grade "L" Carcase.

GIVEN under the Seal of The Pigs and Bacon Commission this 3rd day of January, 1963.

The Seal of the Commission was affixed in the presence of :

M. J. DARGAN,

Chairman.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes the form of Sale Certificate which must be furnished by licensed bacon curers in relation to factory-purchased pigs Graded " L " purchased by them from 7th January, 1963, to 6th April, 1963 (both dates inclusive).