Control of Sale of Pigs for Slaughtering and of Pork Regulations

CONTROL OF SALE OF PIGS FOR SLAUGHTERING AND PORK [S.L.117.22 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.22 CONTROL OF SALE OF PIGS FOR SLAUGHTERING AND OF PORK REGULATIONS 2nd July, 1975 LEGAL NOTICE 78 of 1975, as amended by Legal Notice 76 of 1990. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Control of Sale of Pigs for Slaughtering and of Pork Regulations. Interpretation. Amended by: L.N. 76 of 1990. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "sale" means any disposal under any onerous or gratuitous title; "retailer" means any person who purchases pigs and/or pork for sale by retail; "wholesaler" means any person who purchases pigs and/or pork and sells them to third parties; "Director" means the Director of Agriculture; "distributor" means any person licensed under these Regulations to purchase pork from the government abattoir on behalf of retailers and to transport pork from the government abattoir to retail shops; "manufacturer" means any person who processes pigs and/or pork for disposal to third parties; "producer" means any person who keeps, breeds or fattens pigs for disposal thereof; "purchase" means any acquisition made under any onerous or gratuitous title. Fixing of minimum prices. 3. The Director may from time to time by order in the Gazette f i x m i n i m u m p r i c e s a t w h i c h w h o l e s a l e r s , r e t a i l e r s , a n d manufacturers may purchase pigs and/or pork from any producer and specify the conditions under which such prices are to apply. Receipts to accompany sales, etc. Amended by: L.N. 76 of 1990. 4. (1) Any sale or purchase of pigs and/or pork by any producer, wholesaler, retailer, distributor or manufacturer shall be accompanied by a duly receipted bill which shall be shown on demand to the Director or to any other person acting on his behalf. (2) No such receipted bill shall be destroyed before the lapse of three months from the date of the relative purchase or sale. Licences. Added by: L.N. 76 of 1990. 5. (1) No person shall act as a distributor unless he is in possession of a licence issued by the Director authorising him so to act. (2) Any such licence shall remain valid for the period for which it is issued or renewed, or until it is withdrawn by the Director , whichever is the earl iest date; and i f no period is mentioned in the licence or in any renewal thereof it shall, unless it 2 [S.L.117.22 CONTROL OF SALE OF PIGS FOR SLAUGHTERING AND PORK is earl ier withdrawn as aforesaid, expire on the 31st day of December of the year of its issue or renewal. (3) The Director may, in issuing such a licence, attach thereto any condition or conditions as he may deem fit. (4) The Director shall have the right at any time to withdraw any licence issued under these regulations, and in particular if he is satisfied that any of the conditions of the licence have not been observed. (5) A licence issued by the Director under these regulations shall not exempt the holder from the requirement of having any other licence under any other law. Fees. Added by: L.N. 76 of 1990. 6. The annual fee leviable for the first issue of a distributor’s licence shall be five liri, and the annual fee leviable on every renewal of such licence shall be three liri. Penalties. Amended by: L.N. 76 of 1990. 7. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations or of any order made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable (a) an a first conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than fifty liri but not exceeding three hundred liri, and (b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and to a fine (multa) of not less than one hundred liri but not exceeding three hundred liri, and the Court shall, at the instance of the prosecution, suspend for a period not exceeding six months any licence held by the offender in connection with the transaction carried out by him.