Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935
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Purchase of surplus pigs by the Pigs Marketing Board and disposal of such pigs. |
146.—(1) Whenever the Board is of opinion that the number of pigs available for the production of bacon is in excess of the requirements of the bacon trade, the Board may purchase pigs. | |
(2) Where the Board purchases any pigs under this section, the Board may do all or any of the following things— | ||
(a) cause such pigs or any of them to be slaughtered and cured by a licensee on behalf of the Board in pursuance of an agreement entered into with such licensee and cause the bacon derived therefrom to be sold or to be put in a cold store; | ||
(b) cause any bacon placed in a cold store under paragraph (a) of this sub-section to be sold on behalf of the Board; | ||
(c) cause such pigs or any of them to be exported; | ||
(d) cause such pigs or any of them to be slaughtered and either sold as dressed pork or subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts, 1930 and 1931, exported as dressed pork. | ||
(3) Bacon produced by a licensee on behalf of the Board under this section shall for the purposes of Part III of this Act and this Part of this Act be deemed to have been produced by the Board and not by such licensee, and the provisions of Part III of this Act relating to levy in respect of carcases used for production of bacon and the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to levy payable by licensees to the Pigs Marketing Board shall not apply in relation to carcases used for the production of such bacon. |