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Weighing facilities in registered premises.
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8.—(1) Every registered proprietor shall provide and maintain in good working order in every registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor such lawful machines, instruments, and other facilities for weighing meat as shall be suitable to such premises and sufficient for the volume of the business carried on in such premises.
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(2) Whenever the Minister is satisfied, in respect of any registered premises, that no such weighing facilities as are required by this section are provided in such premises, the Minister may serve on the registered proprietor of such premises a notice in writing requiring him within a specified time to provide in such premises suitable and sufficient weighing facilities in accordance with this section, and, if the Minister so thinks proper, specifying the machines, instruments, and other facilities to be so provided.
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(3) Whenever the Minister is satisfied, in respect of any registered premises, that the weighing facilities provided in such premises do not comply with the requirements of this section, the Minister may serve on the registered proprietor of such premises a notice in writing informing him that the said weighing facilities do not comply with the said requirements and stating the particulars of such non-compliance, and requiring such registered proprietor within a specified time to bring such weighing facilities into compliance with the said requirements and, if the Minister so thinks proper, specifying the things to be done for that purpose by such registered proprietor.
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(4) Every registered proprietor who shall fail to comply with a notice served on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(5) A notice under this section may be served on a registered proprietor by being sent by prepaid registered post addressed to such registered proprietor at the registered premises to which such notice relates.
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