PART VI

Amendment of Certain Acts

47. —(1) The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion in section 2 (1) of the definition of “sanitary authority”;

(b) the substitution for “sanitary authority”, whenever those words appear, of “local authority, within the meaning of the Abattoirs Act, 1988,”,

(c) the substitution for section 3 of the following section:

“3. This Act shall apply to and have effect in every county and county borough.”,

and

(d) the insertion after section 30 of the following section:

“Increase of fines.

30A. (1) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in any section of this Act.

(2) Whenever the Minister proposes to make Regulations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Regulations shall not be made until a draft of the Regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.”.

(2) A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 , specified in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall, in lieu of the penalty provided in any such section and specified in column (3) of that Schedule, be liable to the penalty specified in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number, and that section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

48. —(1) The Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for section 9 of the following section:

“9. (1) There shall be paid to the Minister by the person applying for the registration of premises in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act the fee of £500 and the payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in subsection (1) of this section.”,

(b) the substitution for section 11 (3) of the following subsection:

“(3) (a) There shall be paid to the Minister by every person applying for registration as a registered licensee under this section the fee of £10 and the payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister.

(b) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection.”, and

(c) the insertion after section 51 of the following section:

“Increase of fines.

51A.—(1) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in any section of this Act.

(2) Whenever the Minister proposes to make Regulations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Regulations shall not be made until a draft of the Regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.”.

(2) A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 , specified in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall, in lieu of the penalty provided in any such section and specified in column (3) of that Schedule, be liable to the penalty specified in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number, and that section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

49. —(1) The Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in section 6 for the definition of “sanitary authority” of the following definition:

“‘local authority’ means the council of a county or the corporation of a county borough and local authority, in relation to a sanitary district, means the local authority for the area in which such sanitary district is located;”,

(b) the substitution for “sanitary authority”, wherever those words appear, of “local authority”.

(2) The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956 , is hereby amended by the substitution for “sanitary authority”, wherever those words appear, of “local authority”.

50. —(1) The Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion in section 2 of the definition of “local sanitary authority”,

(b) the substitution for “local sanitary authority” and for “local sanitary authorities”, wherever those words appear, of “local authority within the meaning of the Abattoirs Act, 1988,”,

(c) the substitution for section 25 of the following section:

“25. (1) Every applicant for a licence shall pay to the Minister in respect of each application a fee of £500, the payment of which shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of such application by the Minister.

(2) Whenever an application for a licence is refused by the Minister, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, repay to the applicant the fee paid under this section in respect of such application.

(3) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the amount of the fee specified in subsection (1) of this section.”, and

(d) the insertion after section 4 of the following section:

“Increase of fines.

4A. (1) The Minister may, by Regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in any section of this Act.

(2) Whenever the Minister proposes to make Regulations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Regulations shall not be made until a draft of the Regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.”.

(2) A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in any section of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 , specified in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall, in lieu of the penalty provided in any such section and specified in column (3) of that Schedule, be liable to the penalty specified in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number, and that section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(3) Section 10 (2) of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937 , is hereby amended by the substitution for “be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds” of “be liable, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment, or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £10,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or, at the discretion of the Court, to both such fine and such imprisonment.”.

51. —(1) The Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act, 1979 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for section 2 (4) (b) of the following paragraph:

“(b) any abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988,”,

(b) the substitution for section 4 (4) (c) of the following paragraph:

“(c) in case any such animal is not slaughtered in the manner described in paragraph (b) of this subsection and is slaughtered at an abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988, the person who, at the time the animal is slaughtered, is the holder of the abattoir licence for such abattoir issued under that Act.”, and

(c) the substitution for section 12 (3) (d) of the following paragraph:

“(d) any person who, for the time being, is the holder of an abattoir licence under the Abattoirs Act, 1988.”.

(2) The Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act, 1979 , shall be construed and have effect as if references therein to an abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988, included a reference to a premises operating as an abattoir under permit of the Minister granted under section 17 of that Act.

52. —(1) The Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act, 1979 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for section 28 (5) (b) of the following paragraph:

“(b) any abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988,”,

and

(b) the substitution for section 29 (4) (c) of the following paragraph:

“(c) in the case of livestock slaughtered at an abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988, the person who, at the time the livestock are slaughtered, is the holder of the abattoir licence for such abattoir issued under that Act.”.

(2) The Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act, 1979 , shall be construed and have effect as if references therein to an abattoir licensed under the Abattoirs Act, 1988, included a reference to a premises operating as an abattoir under permit of the Minister granted under section 17 of that Act.