Kenya Meat Commission (Sale of Slaughter Stock by Auction) Regulations (Cap. 363)

[Rev. 2012] CAP. 363 Kenya Meat Commission [Subsidiary] 33 [Issue 1] KENYA MEAT COMMISSION (SALE OF SLAUGHTER STOCK BY AUCTION) REGULATIONS [L.N. 24/1964.] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Meat Commission (Sale of Slaughter Stock by Auction) Regulations. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “auctioneer” means a person licensed under the Auctioneers Act (Cap. 526) and specially authorized in writing by the Commission to exercise on the Commission’s behalf the sale of slaughter stock by auction; “purchaser” means any butcher, stock trader or any person duly authorized by the Commission under section 9 of the Act who bids for and purchases slaughter stock at an auction sale; “stock trader” means a person licensed under the Stock Traders Licensing Act (Cap. 498). 3. The Commission may contract with one or more auctioneers to conduct auction sales on its behalf under such conditions, at such places and on such dates as shall be agreed. 4. Immediately after a sale and before removal of stock sold, the auctioneer or his agent shall brand the animal in the manner specified by the Commission. 5. An appointed auctioneer shall only accept a bid from and only sell slaughter stock to a person producing one or more of the following documents— (a) a valid butcher’s licence made out in his name and issued by a competent authority; (b) a valid stock trader’s licence made out in his name and issued by a competent authority; (c) a valid permit made out in his name and issued by the Commission duly authorizing him to purchase slaughter stock at auction sales. 6. (1) Where the purchaser is a licensed butcher, no slaughter stock purchased at an auction shall be resold before slaughter. (2) Where the purchaser is a stock trader, all slaughter stock purchased at an auction shall be resold within three months to butchers carrying on business in the reserved areas. (3) Where the purchaser is a person duly authorized by the Commission in that behalf, all slaughter stock purchased at an auction sale shall be disposed of in accordance with the terms and conditions specified on the relevant permit or permits. 7. No stock trader shall purchase (or otherwise take into his possession or control) slaughter stock from any district or area other than a reserved area, except at an auction held under these Regulations. 8. Nothing in these Regulations shall prohibit the transfer of slaughter stock from one reserved area to another reserved area. 9. Any person who contravenes these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or to both.