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MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act,
1887{1}.
[5th August 1891]
1887 c.27

Transfer of powers under 1887 c.27 s.9.

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - SECT 1

1. The powers under section nine of the principal Act... of the
Local Government Board for Ireland shall be transferred to and vest
in the Irish Land Commission.

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - SECT 2
Amendment of 1887 c.27 s.4 as to accommodation for weighing cattle.

2.(1) The market authority of every market and fair to which the
principal Act for the time being applies shall, unless exempted by
order of the Irish Land Commission from the requirements of this
section, provide and maintain to the satisfaction of the Commission
sufficient and suitable accommodation for weighing cattle.

(2) Default in complying with the requirements of this section shall
be deemed default in complying with the requirements of section four
of the principal Act.

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - SECT 3
Statistics as to weight and sale of cattle.

3.(1) The market authority of every market and fair held in any of
the places mentioned in the schedule to this Act shall send to the
Irish Land Commission returns, at such intervals, and in such form
and with such particulars as the Irish Land Commission by order
prescribe, showing, so far as the market authority can ascertain the
same, the number of cattle entering and the number and weight of
cattle weighed at the market or fair, and the price of the cattle
sold thereat. Such market authority may, for the purpose of making
a prescribed return, cause any cattle which have been sold at the
market to be weighed without fee.

(2) The Irish Land Commission shall publish the returns so sent, or
abstracts thereof, or extracts therefrom, in such manner as they
think most expedient for the information of the public.

(3) If a market authority wilfully makes default in complying with
the requirements of this section, it shall for each offence be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds,
or in case of a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding ten
pounds for every day during which the offence continues.

Subs.(4) rep. by 1946 c.13 (NI) s.16(3) sch.; 1967 c.18 (NI)
s.15(2) sch.2 Pt.I

(5) The Irish Land Commission may from time to time vary or add
to the list of places in the schedule to this Act.

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - SECT 4
Application of Act to auction marts.

4.(1) An auctioneer shall not, unless exempted by order of the
Irish Land Commission from the requirements of this section, sell
cattle at any mart where cattle are habitually or periodically sold,
unless there are provided at that mart similar facilities for
weighing cattle as are required by the principal Act and this Act
in the case of cattle sold at a market or fair to which the
principal Act applies.

(2) Every auctioneer who in any place from which returns are
required to be made under this Act sells cattle at any such mart
as aforesaid shall, unless exempted as aforesaid, make the like
returns to the Irish Land Commission with respect to cattle
entering, weighed, and sold at that mart as are required by this
Act to be made by a market authority, ....

(3) If any such auctioneer makes default in complying with the
requirements of this section, the auctioneer, or, if he is in the
employment of any person, the person by whom he is employed, shall
for each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding twenty pounds, or in case of a continuing offence to a
fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day during which the
offence continues.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR 1908

S.5 (application to Ireland)

MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) ACT 1891 - SECT 6
Construction and short title.

6. This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and
may be cited as the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act,
1891, and the principal Act and this Act may be cited together as
the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts, 1887 and 1891.

Belfast.