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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - LONG TITLE

An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to
the sending of meat, bacon and dead rabbits from Northern Ireland,
the licensing of bacon curers and the regulation of the production
of pig products and for purposes connected with those matters.
[29th March 1962]
PART I

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 1

1.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a person shall not
send or attempt to send meat [out of Northern Ireland].... unless
he holds a licence granted under section two and the meat

(a)has been inspected by a veterinary inspector or an authorised
meat detention officer under the supervision of a veterinary
inspector and [samples of the meat have been subjected to the
tests, if any, required by him and the meat has been] found and
certified by him to comply with the prescribed requirements; and

Para.(b) rep. by 1970 c.20 (NI) s.7(1)(b)

(c)[is meat from animals which have been inspected and slaughtered
in, and has been prepared, treated, stored, packed and (where it is
processed meat) processed in,] and is sent from premises registered
under section three; and

(d)is accompanied by a certificate in such form as may be
prescribed [and

(e)where it is being sent to another member state of the European
Economic Community, complies with the requirements of the rules of
the Community on health problems affecting trade in meat between
member states of the Community and is sent from premises registered
under section 3 (1A) and approved for such trade.]

Subs.(2) rep. by 1965 c.3 (NI) s.22 sch.; 1977 NI 12 art.22 sch.3;
subs.(3) rep. by 1977 NI 12 art.22 sch.3

(4) The Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as "the
Ministry") may by regulations exempt from the provisions of this
section tripe, gut and other offals regarded by the Ministry as of
a similar nature which have been passed as fit for human
consumption by a [district council] and have been treated and
prepared for sending in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

(5) Any person who sends or attempts to send meat [out of Northern
Ireland] in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an
offence under this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 2
Licences for sending meat out of Northern Ireland.

2.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Ministry shall
have power to grant, revoke and suspend licences (in this Act
called "meat shipping licences") authorising the persons named therein
to send meat [out of Northern Ireland]...

(2) The Ministry shall, on application being made in the prescribed
manner and on payment of the fee specified in sub-section (3),
grant a meat shipping licence upon such conditions as may be
prescribed but may refuse to grant a licence to an applicant who
formerly held a licence under this section or under section two of
the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation) Act (Northern Ireland),
1930, and whose licence has been revoked or the renewal of whose
licence the Ministry has refused.

(3) The fee for the granting or renewal of a licence under this
section shall be one pound but no fee shall be payable by a
licensed bacon curer for the granting or renewal of such a licence.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 3
Registration of premises.

3.(1) There shall be kept by the Ministry a register of premises
(in this Act referred to as "registered premises") to be used...
for the slaughter of animals meat from which is intended for
sending [to Great Britain or to a country which is not a member
state of the European Economic Community] [or for the preparation,
treatment, storing, processing, or packing of such meat], and the
following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of
such premises:

(a)the Ministry may refuse to register or may cancel the
registration of any premises where the premises or the equipment
therein do not conform to the conditions prescribed by regulations
made under section six, or where the standard of hygiene practised
in the premises is considered by the Ministry to be unsatisfactory,
or where the registration was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation,
or where, in relation to the premises, there has been any
contravention of this Act or regulations made thereunder, and may
cancel the registration at the request of the owner;

(b)the Ministry may refuse to register any premises if it is not
satisfied that the animals, the carcases of which are to be handled
therein, will be available for inspection before slaughter and may
cancel the registration of any premises if it is satisfied that
such animals have not been so available;

(c)the Ministry before registering any premises not registered at the
date of the passing of this Act shall consult the [district council
for the district] in which the premises are situate.

[(1A) There shall be kept by the Department a register of premises
(in this Act referred to as "EEC registered premises") to be used
for the slaughter of animals the meat from which is intended for
sending to another member state of the European Economic Community
or for the preparation, treatment, storing, processing or packing of
such meat being premises and equipment which conform to the
requirements of the rules of that Community on health problems
affecting trade in meat between member states of the Community.]

(2) [Registers] kept under this section shall contain such
particulars as may be prescribed, and any application for the
registration of premises shall be made in the prescribed manner.

(3) Any premises registered immediately before the passing of this
Act under the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation) Act (Northern
Ireland), 1930, shall be deemed to be registered under this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 4
Permits for consignments of meat in exceptional cases.

4.(1) The Ministry may, in such exceptional cases and upon such
conditions as it thinks fit, grant permits authorising meat of a
particular kind and quantity to be sent [out of Northern Ireland]...
and section one shall not apply to any meat sent under such a
permit.

(2) A person who, being the holder of a permit under this section,
sends or attempts to send meat [out of Northern Ireland] in breach
of any condition of his permit shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 5
Liability of carriers.

5. Any carrier who accepts or carries any meat which is being, or
intended to be, [out of Northern Ireland]..., sent and which is not
accompanied by the prescribed certificate or prescribed indication as
to the sender's identity, or by a permit relating to such meat
granted under section four, shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 6
Preparation, carriage, grading, packing and marking of meat.

6. The Ministry may make regulations under this Act in regard to

(a)standards to be required for the structure of premises to be
registered under section three and for equipment to be used therein
and the maintenance of the premises and the equipment in a sound
and hygienic condition;

(b)the conditions to be observed in connection with [the inspection
and slaughter of animals meat from which is intended for sending
out of Northern Ireland and the inspection, preparation, treatment,
storing, processing and carriage of such meat]; and

(c)the [classification], grading, packing and marking of such meat;

Provisions as to dead rabbits.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 7

7€.(1) The Ministry may, in connection with the sending of dead
rabbits [out of Northern Ireland]..., make regulations under this Act
in regard to all or any of the following matters, that is to say:

(a)the inspection of consignments of dead rabbits in respect of
quality and soundness for food;

(b)for imposing standards for buildings and equipment and for
securing their maintenance in a sound and hygienic condition;

(c)the manner of storing and packing dead rabbits, including the
materials and packages to be used for such packing;

(d)the cleanliness and sterilisation of such materials and packages;

(e)the limit of weight of any one package of dead rabbits;

(f)the marking of such packages so as to indicate compliance with
any such regulations.

(2) All dead rabbits sent [out of Northern Ireland]... shall be
packed and marked in accordance with regulations made under this
section but no such regulation as to the marking of packages shall
be made so as to interfere with the lawful use by any person of
a particular mark or brand for the purposes of his trade or
business.

(3) There shall be payable to the Ministry, in respect of the
inspection of dead rabbits in accordance with regulations made under
sub-section (1), such fees as may be prescribed by the Ministry
with the approval of the Ministry of Finance and such fees shall
be payable by such persons and at such times as may be so
prescribed.

(4) Every person who sends, or attempts to send, [out of Northern
Ireland]... any dead rabbits in contravention of regulations made
under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

(5) If any regulation is made as to the marking of packages under
paragraph (f) of sub-section (1), then any carrier who accepts or
carries any dead rabbits to which such regulation applies, which are
being or intended to be sent [out of Northern Ireland]... and which
are not marked in accordance with that regulation, shall be guilty
of an offence under this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 8
Seizure and detention of consignments.

8.(1) A member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or an authorised
officer, shall have power to seize and detain in custody any
consignment of meat which is being sent, or which he has reason to
suspect is being sent, [out of Northern Ireland]... in contravention
of any provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder, or in
breach of any condition of a licence or permit granted under this
Act.

(2) Where any person detains any meat in his custody under this
section, he shall, as soon as conveniently may be, take such steps
as may be proper to have the person believed to be guilty of the
offence committed, or believed to have been committed, in relation
to such meat dealt with according to law.

(3) Where any person detains any meat in his custody under this
section and the meat becomes or is likely to become unfit for
human consumption before the matter can be conveniently dealt with
by any court, such person shall produce the meat to a justice of
the peace who, if he is of opinion that the meat ought to be
destroyed or otherwise disposed of, shall give to the person
producing the meat a certificate in writing describing the same and
authorising such person to destroy or otherwise dispose of the meat
and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence in every court of
such matters of fact as are stated therein.

(4) A person given a certificate under sub-section (3) shall destroy
or otherwise dispose of the meat as authorised by the certificate
and where the certificate authorises a sale of the meat shall,
subject to sub-section (5), pay the proceeds, less any expenses
incurred by the Ministry or a member of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary in connection with the seizure, detention or sale, to
the consignor.

(5) Where an offence in connection with meat seized and detained
under this section has been proved to have been committed, the meat
or, where the meat has been sold under sub-section (4), the
proceeds of its sale shall be disposed of or dealt with in such
manner as the Ministry may direct.

(6) Subject to sub-section (5), where a person in respect of whose
alleged offence meat has been seized and detained under this section
has been dealt with according to law, the meat seized and detained
shall, if not destroyed or otherwise disposed of under sub-section
(4), be released and delivered to the consignor at the place of
detention or, if the consignor fails to take delivery at such
place, shall be sold and the proceeds, less any expenses incurred
by the Ministry or a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in
connection with such seizure, detention or sale, shall be paid to
the consignor.

(7) Where any meat has been detained, destroyed or otherwise
disposed of under this section, and the Ministry is satisfied that
the person detaining, destroying or disposing of the same had no
reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act was
committed in relation to such meat, and no such offence has been
proved to have been committed, then the Ministry shall pay such
compensation to the consignor, for loss or damage sustained by him
by reason of the detention, destruction or disposal of such meat,
as the Ministry may think just.

(8) A person aggrieved by the refusal of the Ministry to pay
compensation, or by the amount of compensation offered by the
Ministry, under sub-section (7) may appeal to the county court and
that court may make an order for the payment by the Ministry of
such compensation as the court thinks just and the Ministry shall
comply with the terms of any such order.

(9) This section shall apply to dead rabbits in like manner as it
applies to meat.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 9
Application of this Part.

9.(1) The provisions of this Part shall not apply to

(a)meat as respects which the Ministry or an authorised officer is
satisfied that it is not the produce of Northern Ireland and which
is not unpacked in Northern Ireland before being sent [out of
Northern Ireland], but so that the package bears no mark or other
indication calculated to lead to the belief that the meat is the
produce of Northern Ireland;

Para.(b) rep. by 1977 NI 12 art.22 sch.3

(c)small consignments of meat not exceeding such weight as the
Ministry may prescribe for particular classes of meat.

(2) Sub-section (1) shall apply to dead rabbits in like manner as
it applies to meat.

(3) The Ministry may by regulations (which shall be subject to
affirmative resolution) apply all or any of the provisions of this
Part to bacon in like manner as it applies to meat or with such
modifications as the Ministry considers necessary.

Restriction on carrying on business of curing bacon.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 10

10.(1) A person shall not carry on the business of curing bacon
unless he holds a licence (in this Act called "a curing licence")
for that purpose granted under this section, and any person who
carries on or attempts to carry on the said business in
contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of
an offence under this Act.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Ministry shall have
power to grant, revoke and suspend curing licences authorising the
persons named therein to carry on the business of curing bacon.

(3) The Ministry shall, on application being made in the prescribed
manner, and on payment of the fee specified in sub-section (4),
grant to any person, upon such conditions as may be prescribed, a
curing licence for the purpose aforesaid but may refuse to grant a
curing licence to an applicant

(a)who was formerly licensed under this section or under section
four of the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation) Act (Northern
Ireland), 1930, but whose licence has been revoked or the renewal
of whose licence the Ministry has refused; or

(b)where the Ministry is not satisfied that, regard being had to
the supply of pigs available or likely to become available and to
the facilities already existing and to the facilities at that time
planned with the Ministry's approval to be provided for the curing
of bacon, any additional facilities for such curing are needed.

(4) The fee for the granting or renewal of a licence under this
section shall be a sum of ten pounds payable upon the granting or
renewal of the licence.

(5) The Ministry may refuse to renew a curing licence where it is
satisfied that the holder thereof has not, at any time during the
two years preceding the date of the application for the renewal,
carried on the business of curing bacon.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 11
Power of Ministry to regulate production of pig products.

11.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Ministry shall
have power to regulate the production of pig products by determining
from time to time the number of pigs of such description as the
Ministry shall determine which may be used by a licensed bacon
curer or other producer of pig products for the purposes of his
business as such bacon curer or producer and a determination so
made in relation to a licensed bacon curer shall be deemed to be
a condition applying to any licence for the time being held by
him.

(2) Where a bacon curer was a licensed bacon curer on the first
day of November, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, the minimum number
of pigs which the Ministry may determine under sub-section (1) for
use by him during any period shall be

(a)the number of pigs used by him in the corresponding period of
the twelve months immediately preceding that date; or

(b)where he has, in the corresponding period of the twelve months
immediately preceding the date of the determination under sub-section
(1), used a lesser number of pigs than that specified in paragraph
(a), such lesser number;

(3) Before fixing or altering the basis on which a determination is
made under sub-section (1), the Ministry shall consult such body or
bodies of persons as appear to the Ministry to represent licensed
bacon curers and shall, where it considers it necessary, consult
representatives of any other persons who appear to the Ministry to
be directly affected by the determination.

(4) If a licensed bacon curer or other producer of pig products
fails to observe any prescribed requirement as to the production of
pig products the Ministry may revoke in whole or in part a
determination under sub-section (1) of the number of pigs which may
be used by that bacon curer or producer.

(5) The Ministry may exempt from the provisions of this section
producers of pig products who, for the purposes of their business
as such producers, use less than a specified number of whole pigs
of such description as is determined by the Ministry under
sub-section (1).

(6) Any person who acts in contravention of a determination in
force under sub-section (1) shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 12
Regulations as to production, etc., of pig products and marking of
consignments.

12.(1) The Ministry may for the purposes of making more efficient
the production, curing, processing, manufacturing, marketing and
distribution of pig products and of improving their quality make
such regulations as appear to the Ministry to be necessary:

(a)for imposing requirements as to the manner in which and the
conditions under which pigs are collected, handled, driven,
transported, penned and weighed;

(b)for requiring the inspection of pigs before and after slaughter;

(c)for imposing standards for buildings and equipment and for
securing their maintenance in a sound and hygienic condition;

(d)for securing proper standards for the slaughtering, dressing,
chilling and butchering of pigs;

(e)for securing that the processing, manufacture and storage of such
pig products as are specified in the regulations are carried out in
a hygienic manner;

(f)for imposing requirements as to the method by which bacon is
cured and smoked and as to the quality and grading of bacon;

(g)for imposing requirements as to the manner in which pigs, bacon
and pig products or any description thereof are to be graded,
marked, packed, stored, adapted for sale or transported.

(2) Regulations made under paragraph (g) shall not be made so as
to interfere with the lawful use by any person of a particular
mark or brand for the purposes of his trade or business.

(3) Before making any regulations under sub-section (1) the Ministry
shall consult such body or bodies of persons as appear to the
Ministry to represent licensed bacon curers and shall, where it
considers it necessary, consult representatives of any other persons
who appear to the Ministry to be directly affected by such
regulations.

(4) All consignments of bacon or pig products produced in Northern
Ireland shall be clearly marked so as to indicate the identity of
the curer or producer.

General provisions as to licences, permits and registration of
premises.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 13

13.(1) A licence granted under this Act shall be in the prescribed
form and shall, unless revoked, suspended or surrendered, remain in
force for a period of twelve months from the date on which it is
granted but shall be renewable annually, and the same provisions
shall apply to the renewal of the licence as apply to the original
granting thereof.

(2) A certified copy of a licence may be issued upon payment of a
fee of [13p].

(3) A licence or permit granted under this Act may be revoked or
suspended by the Ministry by reason of the non-compliance of the
holder of the licence or permit with any of the provisions of this
Act or regulations made thereunder or with any condition subject to
which the licence or permit was granted.

(4) Where the Ministry revokes, suspends or refuses to renew a
licence granted under [sub-section (1) of] section two or section
ten or cancels the registration of any premises under section three

(a)the Ministry shall by registered post or by post by means of
the recorded delivery service send notice of the revocation,
suspension, refusal or cancellation to the holder of the licence or,
as the case may be, the person in whose name the premises are
registered and such notice shall inform that person of his right of
appeal under paragraph (b) and of the time within which the appeal
may be brought;

(b)the holder of the licence or, as the case may be, the person
in whose name the premises are registered may, within twenty-eight
days from the date on which a notice under paragraph (a) is
received by him, appeal against such decision to the county court
for the division in which are situated the premises where the
business authorised by the licence was carried on or the premises
the registration of which has been cancelled;

(c)the licence notwithstanding the revocation, suspension or refusal
to renew or, as the case may be, the registration, notwithstanding
its cancellation, shall continue in force until the expiration of
the time within which an appeal may be brought under paragraph (b),
or where such an appeal is brought, until the determination of the
appeal;

(d)the decision of a county court on an appeal brought under
paragraph (b) shall be final.

[(5) Where premises registered under section 3(1A) fail to comply
with the requirements of the rules of the European Economic
Community on health problems affecting trade in meat between Member
States of the Community, such premises shall be removed from the
register.]

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 14
Fees for inspection of meat and pig products.

14. A person who holds a licence under this Act shall for the
inspection of meat or pig products thereunder pay to the Ministry,
at such times as may be prescribed by the Ministry with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance, such fees in respect of
animals, carcases and offals inspected as may be so prescribed.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 15
Records and returns.

15.(1) Every holder of a meat shipping licence shall keep such
records and furnish such returns and other information as may be
prescribed in relation to meat sent by him [out of Northern
Ireland]...

(2) Every licensed bacon curer and every other producer of pig
products shall keep such records and furnish such returns and other
information as may be prescribed, in relation to

(a)his purchases and sales of pigs; and

(b)his production and sales of pig products;

(3) If the holder of a meat shipping licence or a licensed bacon
curer or other producer of pig products wilfully makes default in
complying with this section, he shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act.

(4) An individual return or part of a return furnished in pursuance
of this section shall not be disclosed without the authority of the
person by whom the return was made, except

(a)in so far as the disclosure is required for the purposes of a
prosecution or other legal proceedings under this Act; or

(b)in so far as the disclosure is required or authorised by this
Act or regulations made thereunder; [or

(c)to a Department of the Government of Northern Ireland or of the
United Kingdom.]

(5) Any person who, in contravention of this section, discloses any
information obtained by him in the exercise of any power conferred
on him or on the Ministry by or under this Act shall be guilty
of an offence under this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 16
Power of entry, inspection, etc.

16.(1) An authorised officer shall for the purposes of this Act
have power

(a)to enter, at all reasonable times, any premises registered under
this Act, or in respect of which an application for registration
under this Act has been made, or premises owned, occupied or used
or which that officer has reason to believe are owned, occupied or
used by any person... for the slaughter of animals meat from which
is, intended for sending [out of Northern Ireland] [or the
preparation, treatment, storing, processing or packing of such
meat]...; and

(b)to enter at all reasonable times any premises owned, occupied or
used by a licensed bacon curer for the purposes of his business as
a bacon curer and any premises owned, occupied or used or which
that officer has reason to believe are owned, occupied or used by
any person for producing, curing, processing, manufacturing, marketing
or distributing pig products; and

(c)to inspect any animals, meat or pig products ([and any] materials
used in [connection with the processing of meat or] the production
of pig products) [, or any equipment,] found on any premises
entered under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), to take without
payment, for the purpose of inspection, and to inspect [or cause to
be inspected or tested], reasonable samples of such meat or pig
products [or materials] and to grade or weigh any animals, meat or
pig products so found; and

(d)to enter, at all reasonable times, the premises of any person
engaged in the business of carrying goods for reward, any pier,
quay, wharf, jetty, dock, dock premises or airport and any ship,
boat, railway wagon, aircraft, motor lorry, cart or other vessel,
vehicle or container used for the conveyance of goods and to
inspect and to retain, remove or open for the purpose of inspection
any packages or consignments found therein which contain, or which
that officer has reason to suspect contain, meat or pig products.

(2) Where any package or consignment is inspected by an authorised
officer under paragraph (d) of sub-section (1), the package or
consignment shall be marked or labelled by the officer to that
effect and such mark or label shall be deemed to be a sufficient
notification to the consignor and consignee that the package or
consignment has been so inspected.

(3) Where an inspection under paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) is
made whilst the package or consignment is in transit and the
Ministry or an authorised officer is satisfied that it does not
conform to the requirements of this Act or regulations made
thereunder, the Ministry or the officer may direct that the package
or consignment shall be returned to the consignor at the place from
which it was consigned or, if the Ministry or officer approves, at
such place as the consignor may elect and thereupon the carrier or
the consignor, as the case may require, shall, at the expense of
the consignor, proceed to execute such direction with all reasonable
speed.

(4) An authorised officer acting, in the exercise of the powers
conferred by this section, on the premises of, or used by, any
carrier shall conform to such reasonable requirements of such carrier
as are necessary to prevent the working of the traffic thereat
being obstructed or interfered with and a carrier shall not be
liable for or on account of any loss or damage arising from the
exercise by an authorised officer of the powers conferred by this
section.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising
anything to be done to the prejudice of any powers of a carrier
to secure payment of freight charges in respect of any consignment
carried by him.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 17
Disposal of meat or pig products unfit for human consumption.

17.(1) Any meat or pig product inspected by, or under the
supervision of, a veterinary inspector under the provisions of this
Act or regulations made thereunder and found and certified by such
inspector to be unfit for human consumption

(a)shall, in accordance with the directions of the veterinary
inspector and on the premises where it has been inspected, be
sterilised or otherwise so treated by the owner or person in charge
thereof as to prevent it being used for human consumption; or

(b)shall, under and in accordance with the terms of a movement
permit granted by the Ministry, be sent by the owner or person in
charge of the premises on which it is found to such premises as
may be indicated in the movement permit to be there sterilised or
otherwise so treated as to prevent it being used for human
consumption; or

(c)if so required by the [district council] for the district within
which the meat or pig product has been inspected, shall be
surrendered by the owner or person in charge of the premises on
which it is found to that [district council] to be sterilised or
otherwise so dealt with as to prevent it being used for human
consumption; or

(d)may, if a permit is granted under section four in respect of
the meat or pig product, be sent [out of Northern Ireland] in
accordance with the terms and conditions of that permit.

(2) Where the owner or person in charge as aforesaid fails to
comply with the provisions of sub-section (1), the veterinary
inspector may, either on the premises where it is found or
otherwise, cause the meat or pig product to be sterilised or
otherwise so treated as to prevent it being used for human
consumption and any expenses incurred by the inspector in so doing
may be recovered by the Ministry as a civil debt due to the Crown
from such owner or person in charge.

(3) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 18
Offences and prosecutions.

18.(1) Any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no
special penalty is provided shall be liable on summary conviction

(a)for a first offence to a fine not exceeding [#100];

(b)for a second offence to a fine not exceeding [#250];

(c)for a subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding [#500] or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.

(2) Any person who obstructs or impedes an authorised officer or
member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the exercise of any
powers conferred on him by or under this Act shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

(3) If any authorised officer discloses any information obtained by
him in the exercise of his powers under this Act, except to
persons acting in the execution of this Act, he shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(4) Any person who

(a)in connection with an application for the issue of a licence or
permit under this Act makes any statement or furnishes any
information which to his knowledge is in any material respect false
or misleading; or

(b)fraudulently alters or uses or causes to be used or permits to
be fraudulently altered or used any licence, permit or other
document issued or mark or indication prescribed under this Act; or

(c)makes any false or fraudulent statement in any record kept by
him or return made by him under or by virtue of this Act;

(5) A prosecution for an offence under this Act shall not be
instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney-General or
the Ministry, except

(a)a prosecution for an offence committed by an officer of the
Ministry; or

(b)a prosecution which is required to be taken under the provisions
of this Act with respect to the seizure and detention of
consignments.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 19
Savings.

19. The provisions of this Act shall be, and the powers conferred
by or under this Act shall be and be exercised, without prejudice
to the provisions of, and to the exercise of the powers conferred
by or under, the Food and Drugs Act (Northern Ireland), 1958.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 20
Regulations.

20.(1) The Ministry may make regulations prescribing anything which
under this Act is to or may be prescribed and anything necessary
or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2) Regulations made under this Act shall, so far as they relate
to matters which may be dealt with by regulations made under the
Food and Drugs Act (Northern Ireland), 1958, be made with the
concurrence of the Ministry of Health and Local Government.

(3) All regulations made under this Act other than regulations under
sub-section (3) of section nine shall be subject to negative
resolution.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 21
Financial provisions.

21. . . . all sums received by the Ministry under this Act shall
be paid into the Exchequer.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 22
Interpretation.

22€. In this Act the expression

"animals" means cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and horses;

"authorised" and "recognised" mean, respectively, authorised and
recognised by the Ministry;

"bacon" means bacon produced from pigs killed and cured, or from
carcases of pigs cured, in Northern Ireland, and includes any part
of a pig (including chaps, and hams) which is in any manner cured
(with the exception of heads, without chaps, and of feet, tails and
offal) by such salting, pickling, processing or preserving for any
period as will in any way alter the character of the meat;

"carrier" means any person carrying goods for hire or reward;

"container" means a covered receptacle used for the transport of
meat or pig products;

"curing licence" has the meaning assigned to that expression by
sub-section (1) of section ten;

["district council" includes an officer authorised by a district
council to discharge the functions of the council under this Act];

"grade" means a designation indicating quality;

Definition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/343

"inspector" means an inspector appointed or recognised by the
Ministry;

"licensed bacon curer" means the holder of a curing licence under
section ten;

["meat" means the carcase of an animal or any part of the carcase
or offals of an animal, whether processed or not, which is capable
of being used for human consumption,...;]

"meat detention officer" means an officer holding a Meat Detention
Diploma issued by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or an
officer who holds an equivalent qualification accepted by the
Ministry;

"meat shipping licence" has the meaning assigned to that expression
by sub-section (1) of section two;

"Ministry" means the Ministry of Agriculture;

"offals" means all entrails, fat and parts of an animal, other than
the dressed carcase, which are capable of being used for human
consumption;

"package" includes any wrapper, case, cask, box, crate or other
receptacle;

"pig products" means pork and bacon and anything derived from pigs
which is capable of being used for human consumption or in the
preparation of food for human consumption;

"pigs" includes the carcases of pigs;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry
under this Act;

["processing" means subjecting meat to a process for or incidental
to any treatment of the meat by canning, cooking, smoking [curing],
rendering or dehydrating or otherwise howsoever preparing it for food
whether in combination with, or without, other materials;]

"producer of pig products" means a person who purchases whole pigs
for the purpose of producing pig products therefrom;

"rabbits" includes hares;

"registered premises" has the meaning assigned to that expression by
sub-section (1) [and (1A)] of section three;

"send" includes taking or carrying or causing to be sent, taken or
carried;

["treatment", except in the definition of "processing", includes
cooling, chilling, freezing and preserving;]

"veterinary inspector" means an inspector who is a veterinary surgeon
or veterinary practitioner.

S.23 rep. by SLR (NI) 1973

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 24
Short title.

24. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Meat
Regulation and Pig Industry) Act (Northern Ireland), 1962.

Schedule rep. by SLR (NI) 1973