Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Licensing Regulations, 1980

THE MEAT CONTROL (LOCAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES) (LICENSING) REGULATIONS, 1980 1. These Regulations may be cited as the (Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Licensing) Regulations, 1980. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— "slaughterhouse" means any slaughterhouse which is declared as a slaughterhouse under regulation 3 (1) of the Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations; "Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services; "licensing officer" means any person authorized in writing by the Director to issue slaughterhouse licences under these Regulations. 3. Any person who wishes to obtain or renew a slaughterhouse licence shall apply therefor in the form prescribed in the First Schedule. 4. On receipt of an application made under regulation 3 the licensing officer may, if he is satisfied that the applicant has fulfilled -the requirements of the Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations and on recommendation by an inspection officer, issue a licence to the applicant upon payment of a fee of two hundred shillings. 5. (1) A licence issued under these Regulations shall be in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule and shall expire on the 31st December of the year in respect of which it is issued. (2) Where any slaughterhouse has been ordered to be closed by the Director in accordance with regulation 6 (b) of (the Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations, any licence issued in respect thereto shall cease to have effect. 6. Any person who uses, permits, or causes to be used, any slaughterhouse without a valid licence shall be guilty of an offence sand liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to imprison ment for a (term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. 7. Regulation 4 of the Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations is revoked. APPLICATION FOR OR RENEWAL OF *A SLAUGHTERHOUSE LICENCE To: The Inspecting Officer ........................ (name of district). I hereby apply for a slaughterhouse licence under the Meat Control Local Slaughterhouses) Licensing) Regulations, 1980. Name of applicant............................................ (Owner of slaughterhouse, firm or company) Previous Licence number and , date . of . issue (if . renewal) ………………………… General business postal address applicant............................................... Date ................................................... ................................................................. signature of Applicant *Delete whichever is not applicable. For Official use only. The slaughterhouse to which this application relates fulfils all the requirements of the Meat Control (Local Slaughterhouses) Regulations, and I recommend that the applicant be issued with a licence, Date ................................................... ....................... ........................... Inspecting Officer . . . . . THE MEAT COTROL (LOCAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES) (LICENSING) REGULATIONS, 1980 Licence No. ................................................. ......................... Issued to ................................................................................. (Name and address of the owner of the slaughterhouse, firm or Company) This licence expires on the 31st December, 19...... Date ................................................... Licensing Officer Fee paid: Sh. 200