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 Notices 75 of 1990 and 409 of 2007, and Act XIII of
- The title of these regulations is Control of Sale of Cattle for Slaughter and Beef Regulations.
- In these regulations and in any order made thereunder - Title. Interpretation. "sale" means any disposal under any onerous or gratuitous title; "whole sa ler" m eans any pers on who purchases cattle 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.
- The Director may from time to time by order in the Gazette fix minimum prices at which wholesalers, retailers, and manufacturers may purchase cattle for slaughter and/or beef from any producer and specify the conditions under which such prices are to apply. Fixing of minimum prices. 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. Licences. Substituted by: L.N. 75 of 1990.
(2)Any such licence shall remain valid for the period for which it is issued or renewed, or until it is withdrawn by the Di re c to r, w hi c h e ver is th e e a r li e r d a te ; and i f n o pe ri od i s mentioned in the licence or in any renewal thereof it shall, unless it is earlier withdrawn as aforesaid, expire on the 31st day of December of the year of its issue or renewal.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(4)The Director shall have the right at any time to withdraw *These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 249 of 2022. 2 [ S.L.117.27 CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF any licence issued under these Regulations, and in particular if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 shall not exempt the holder from the requirement of having any other licence under any other law. Fees. Amended by: L.N. 409 of
- Substituted by: XIII. 2015.
- The annual fee leviable for the first issue of a wholesaler’s licence shall be twelve euro and ninety cents (€12.90), and the annual fee leviable on every renewal of such licence shall be seven euro and seventy cents (€7.70). 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. Amended by: L.N. 409 of 2007. 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 one hundred and sixteen euros and forty-seven cents (116.47) but not exceeding six hundred and ninetyeight euros and eighty-one cents (698.81), 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 two hundred and thirty-two euros and ninety-four cents (232.94) but not exceeding six hundred and ninety-eight euros and eighty-one cents (698.81), 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.