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Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

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Number 2 of 1939.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (EGGS) ACT, 1939.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section

1.

Short title and commencement.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Persons skilled in testing, grading, and packing eggs.

4.

Regulations.

5.

Offences.

6.

Expenses.

7.

Collection and disposal of fees.

8.

Saving as to powers of Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

9.

Service of documents.

10.

Repeals.

11.

Saving for fees under a repealed Act.

12.

Continuance of existing orders and regulations.

PART II.

Registration of Premises.

13.

The registers and their contents.

14.

Registration fees.

15.

Eggs acquisition fees.

16.

Annual fees.

17.

Recovery of fees.

18.

Applications for registration.

19.

Conditions of registration.

20.

Transfer from the register of exporters kept under the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Acts, 1924 and 1930.

21.

Evidence of the contents of registers.

22.

Devolution and transfer of registered premises.

23.

Alteration and cancellation of registration.

24.

Publication of contents of registers.

25.

Returns by registered proprietors of registered premises.

26.

Registers to be kept on registered premises.

27.

Inspection of registered premises.

28.

Structural alteration of registered premises.

29.

Prohibition against registered proprietor carrying on business in premises other than registered premises.

PART III.

Restrictions on the Export and Consignation (Including Export) of Eggs.

30.

Restriction on export of eggs.

31.

Restriction on the consigning of eggs from registered wholesaler's premises.

32.

Powers of inspectors in relation to consignation of eggs.

33.

Licences to export eggs.

34.

Powers of officers of customs and excise.

35.

Regulations for testing, grading and packing eggs in wholesalers' premises.

36.

Power of Minister to fix route of export.

37.

Obligation to employ skilled persons.

38.

Regulations as to marking eggs.

39.

Notification of defects to Minister by consignee.

40.

Restriction on application of prescribed marks.

41.

Marking of weights on eggs.

PART IV.

Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Eggs.

42.

Fresh eggs and second quality eggs.

43.

Eggs unfit for human consumption.

44.

Restrictions on purchase and sale by wholesale of eggs.

45.

Restrictions on the acquisition of eggs by registered dealers.

46.

Restrictions on the disposal of eggs by registered dealers.

47.

Retailer's notice.

48.

Possession, sale, etc., of eggs unfit for human consumption.

49.

Possession, sale, etc., of dirty eggs.

50.

Protection of eggs from weather and contamination.

51.

Prohibition of washing or steeping eggs.

52.

Divers regulations as to purchase, sale, and disposal of eggs.

PART V.

Restrictions in Relation to the Preserving of Eggs.

53.

Continuation of the register of preservers kept under the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Acts, 1924 and 1930.

54.

Prohibition of business of preserving eggs in unregistered premises.

55.

General regulations for marking preserved eggs.

56.

Prohibition of sending or receiving unmarked eggs.

57.

Prohibition of removal, etc., of unmarked eggs.

58.

Prohibition of removal, etc., of marks from preserved eggs.

Acts Referred to

Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924

No. 35 of 1924

Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1930

No. 36 of 1930

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Number 2 of 1939.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (EGGS) ACT, 1939.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE (INCLUDING EXPORT) OF EGGS BY WAY OF TRADE, WHETHER WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AND FOR THE REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY WAY OF TRADE IN PURCHASING, SELLING, EXPORTING, PRESERVING, OR OTHERWISE DEALING IN EGGS, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR DIVERS MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [17th February, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—