MARKETING OF POULTRY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1949

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MARKETING OF POULTRY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1949 - SECT 1



1.(1) The Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as "the Ministry")
may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, issue in respect of the
sale of poultry by wholesale (as defined in this Act) the several licences
referred to in the first column of the Schedule to this Act (in this Act
respectively referred to as class A licences, class B licences, [class C
licences and class D licences]) for the purposes respectively set forth in the
second column of that Schedule,...

(2) An application for a licence under this section (in this Act referred to
as "a licence") shall be in such form as may be prescribed.

(3) The Ministry, on receiving an application for a licence, may before
issuing the licence cause an inspection to be made by an authorised officer of
the premises proposed to be used for the purposes of the trade or business in
respect of which the application is made.

(4) An application duly made for the issue of a licence may be refused on the
ground that

(a)the applicant was at any time a licence-holder whose licence has been
revoked;

(b)the trade or business of the applicant is one in respect of which a licence
previously subsisted and has been revoked;

(c)the premises used for the purposes of the trade or business of the
applicant are wholly or partly the same as those used for the purposes of a
trade or business in respect of which a licence previously subsisted and has
been revoked;

(d)the applicant is a person who has been convicted of an offence under
this Act; or

(e)the Ministry is not satisfied that the premises used for the purposes of
the trade or business of the applicant comply or (regard being had to any
alterations or additions which it is proposed to make respecting the premises
or the buildings or plant thereon) will be made to comply, with such
requirements as shall be prescribed;

(5) A licence shall be in such form as may be prescribed, and shall contain a
statement specifying the name and address of the licence-holder, and
particulars of the premises used for the purposes of the trade or business in
respect of which it is issued.

(6) A licence shall, unless suspended or revoked under section four of
this Act, or surrendered by the licence-holder, remain in force until such
date next after the date on which it is granted, as shall be prescribed, but
shall be renewable annually, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to the
renewal thereof as they apply to the grant thereof.

(7) A person other than a licence-holder shall not sell or cause or permit to
be sold any poultry by wholesale.

(8) A person shall not purchase, or cause or permit to be purchased, any
poultry by wholesale except from a licence-holder.

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MARKETING OF POULTRY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1949 - SECT 1