S.I. No. 336/1938 - Meat (Regulation of Import) Order, 1938.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1938. No. 336.

MEAT (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1938.

The Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 2 of the Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938 (No. 14 of 1938), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Industry and Commerce, orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Meat (Regulation of Import) Order, 1938.

2. In this Order—

the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture;

the word "meat" means any part (including offals) of the carcase of any bovine animal or sheep (including a lamb), being a part which is capable of being used as food for human consumption.

3. It shall not be lawful to import on or after the 2nd day of January, 1939, any fresh, frozen, or chilled meat unless—

(a) such meat is imported by land from Northern Ireland by an Irish citizen resident in the State for his own household use and not for sale, and the quantity so imported by any one importer in any one day does not exceed in weight ten pounds (10 lb.), or

(b) such meat is imported under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Minister under this Order, and such licence is at the time of importation delivered to the proper officer of Customs and Excise.

4. (1) The Minister may, whenever and as often as he thinks fit, issue a licence to import a specified quantity of fresh, frozen, or chilled meat.

(2) Whenever the Minister issues a licence under this Order, he may attach to such licence any one or more of the following conditions, that is to say:—

(a) a condition that the meat to which such licence relates shall be of a specified description,

(b) a condition that such meat shall be imported within a specified time or during a specified period,

(c) a condition that such meat shall be imported from a specified country,

(d) a condition that such meat shall be imported at a specified port or place or by a specified route,

(e) a condition that such meat shall not be imported in more than a specified number of consignments,

(f) a condition that such meat shall be imported by or on behalf of a specified person,

(g) such other conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke any licence issued under this Order.

5. Any person who imports or attempts to import any fresh, frozen, or chilled meat in contravention of this Order or who aids or abets the importation of any such meat in contravention of this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, this 23rd day of December, 1938.

(Signed) D. TWOMEY,

Secretary,

Department of Agriculture.