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Requisition for examination by a referee.
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15.—(1) Where the Minister—
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(a) refuses an application for a licence or permit under this Act, or
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(b) refuses to transfer a licence or permit granted under this Act or to grant a new licence or permit in lieu of such transfer, or
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(c) revokes or suspends a licence granted under this Act, or
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(d) serves under this Act either a notice requiring that a permit be taken out in respect of a bull or a notice requiring that a bull be slaughtered or a notice requiring that a bull be castrated,
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the owner or any person keeping or having possession of the bull to which the application, licence, permit, or notice relates shall be entitled on application in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time and on payment of the prescribed fee not exceeding one pound, to have such bull inspected and examined by a referee.
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(2) Upon receipt of an application under the foregoing sub-section, together with the prescribed fee thereon, the Minister shall cause the bull to which the application relates to be inspected and examined by a referee nominated by the Minister from the panel of referees, and such referee shall make a report in writing to the Minister of the result of his inspection and examination of the bull.
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(3) The Minister shall thereupon consider the said report and shall either confirm, with or without modification, reverse, or cancel the refusal, revocation, suspension, or notice aforesaid.
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(4) Where an application for inspection and examination of a bull is made under this section on account of the refusal to grant or to transfer a licence or permit or to grant a new licence or permit in lieu of such transfer, no offence under this Act shall be deemed to be committed by the keeping or having possession of the bull to which the application relates pending the decision of the Minister on the report of the referee.
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(5) Where an application for inspection and examination of a bull is made under this section on account of the revocation or suspension of a licence or the service of a notice, such revocation, suspension, or notice shall be deemed to be withdrawn pending the decision of the Minister on the report of the referee, and if such revocation, suspension, or notice is confirmed, with or without modification, by the Minister under this section, the revocation or suspension as so confirmed shall take effect as on and from the date of such confirmation or the notice as so confirmed shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been served on the date of such confirmation.
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(6) When selecting a member of the panel of referees to inspect and examine a bull under this section, the Minister shall not nominate any member who has within one year previously been employed by the person making the application or by the Minister to inspect or examine the bull.
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(7) Where the Minister reverses or cancels under this section any such refusal, revocation, suspension, or notice as aforesaid the fee paid on the application for the examination and inspection of the bull by a referee shall be returned to the person by whom the same was paid.
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