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23 1937

PIGS AND BACON ACT, 1937

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title and citation.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1937, and the Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 and 1937.

Definitions generally.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935);

the expressions “licensee”, “licensed premises” and “registered minor curer” have the same meanings as in the Principal Act.

Application of section 3 of the Principal Act.

3. —The expression “this Act” in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Principal Act shall be construed as meaning the Principal Act or this present Act.

Cancellation of registration of minor curers and revocation of licences.

4. —(1) Where a registered minor curer is convicted of an offence under any section of this Act, he shall for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Principal Act be deemed to have been convicted of an offence under a section of the Principal Act, and the said sub-section (2) shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(2) A contravention of any of the provisions of this Act by a licensee shall, for the purposes of section 30 of the Principal Act, be deemed a contravention of a provision of the Principal Act, and the said section 30 shall apply and have effect accordingly.

Expenses of the Minister.

5. —All expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.