Control of Sale of Cattle for Slaughter and Beef Regulations

CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF [S.L.117.27 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.27 CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF REGULATIONS 20th April, 1990 LEGAL NOTICE 60 of 1990, as amended by Legal Notice 75 of 1990. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Control of Sale of Cattle for Slaughter and Beef Regulations. Interpretation.2. In these Regulations and in any order made thereunder "sale" means any disposal under any onerous or gratuitous title; "wholesa ler" means any person who purchases ca t t le for slaughter and/or beef and sells them to third parties; "retailer" means any person who purchases beef for sale by retail; "cattle" means bulls, cows, oxen, buffaloes, heifers and calves; "beef" means the flesh of slaughtered cattle; "Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries; "manufacturer" means any person who processes slaughtered cattle into beef for disposal to third parties; "producer" means any person who keeps, breeds or fattens cattle for slaughter 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 cattle for slaughter and/or beef from any producer and specify the conditions under which such prices are to apply. Licences. Substituted by: L.N. 75 of 1990. 4. (1) No person shall act as a wholesaler 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 (2) Any such licence shall remain valid for the period for which it is issued or renewed, or until it is withdrawn by the Director , whichever i s the ear l ier da te ; and i f no per iod is mentioned in the licence or in any renewal thereof it shall, unless it is earl ier withdrawn as aforesaid, expire on the 31st day of December of the year of its issue or renewal.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. 2 [S.L.117.27 CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF (5) A licence issued by the Director shall not exempt the holder from the requirement of having any other licence under any other law. Fees. 5. The annual fee leviable for the first issue of a wholesaler’s licence shall be five liri, and the annual fee leviable on every renewal of such licence shall be three liri. Receipts to accompany sales, etc. 6. (1) Any sale or purchase of cattle for slaughter and/or beef by any producer, wholesaler, retailer or manufacturer shall be accompanied by a duly receipted bill which shall be shown on demand to the Director or to any other person authorized to act on his behalf. (2) No such receipted bill shall be destroyed before the lapse of twelve months from the date of the relative purchase or sale. Penalties. 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) on 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.