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Abattoir licence.
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9.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Regulations made thereunder, an abattoir licence shall be granted by the Minister and shall remain in force for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be fixed by the Minister.
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(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Regulations made thereunder, an abattoir licence granted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be renewed by the Minister for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be fixed by him.
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(3) The Minister, following consultation with the Minister for the Environment, may, by Regulations, transfer his functions in relation to abattoir licences to the local authority within whose functional area the abattoir concerned is situate.
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(4) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (3) of this section, Regulations under that subsection may make provision for all or any of the following matters—
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(a) the making of different provisions in relation to the transfer of functions to different local authorities or classes of local authorities;
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(b) the withdrawal, whenever the Minister considers it necessary so to do, of any function, previously transferred by Regulations under that subsection to a local authority, from that local authority;
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(c) the payment to a local authority to which a function is transferred of all fees in relation to abattoir licences relating to any abattoir in its functional area.
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(5) Whenever the Minister proposes to make Regulations pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the Regulations shall not be made until a draft of the Regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.
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