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Applications for curing licences and curing and slaughtering licences.
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21.—(1) Any person may apply to the Minister for either—
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(a) a licence (in this Act referred to as a curing licence) to carry on in specified premises the business of curing bacon from the carcases of pigs other than pigs slaughtered in such premises, or
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(b) a licence (in this Act referred to as a curing and slaughtering licence) to carry on in specified premises the business of curing bacon and also the business of slaughtering pigs.
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(2) Every application for a licence shall—
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(a) be made in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars, and
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(b) relate to one set of premises only.
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(3) Where—
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(a) premises are used exclusively for the business of slaughtering pigs; and
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(b) other premises situate within one mile from such first-mentioned premises are used for the manufacture of bacon from the carcases of pigs slaughtered at such first-mentioned premises;
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both such premises shall be deemed for the purposes of the immediately preceding sub-section to be one set of premises.
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(4) In making regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this section as prescribed, different regulations may be made in respect of applications for different kinds of licences.
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(5) Where an application is made under this section for a licence, the Minister shall cause the premises to which the application relates to be inspected by an inspector.
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