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MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1887 - SECT 4

Accommodation for weighing cattle to be provided.

4. In or near to every market or fair to which this Act applies, the market
authority shall provide and maintain sufficient and proper buildings or places
for weighing cattle brought for sale within the market or fair, and shall keep
therein or near thereto weighing machines and weights for the purpose of
weighing cattle, and shall appoint proper persons to have charge of such
machines and weights, and to afford the use of such machines and weights to
the public for weighing cattle as may be from time to time required.

If the market authority fail to comply with the provisions of this section, it
shall not be lawful for them to demand, receive, or recover any toll whatever
in respect of any cattle brought to the market or fair for sale so long as
such failure continues....

Any person who demands or receives any toll in respect of cattle in any market
or fair to which for the time being this Act applies, but in which the market
authority have not complied with the provisions of this Act, shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

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