Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939

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PART IV.

Levies Payable by Licensees to the Commission, Subsidies on Bacon, Compensation to Licensees in Respect of Condemned and Damaged Pigs and Carcases, Returns by Licensees, Records to be Kept by Licensees and Inspection of Licensed Premises.

Chapter I.

Levies Payahle by Licensees to the Commission.

Levies payable to the Commission in respect of carcases used for production of bacon by-licensees.

34.—(1) Every person who holds or has held a licence shall, for every levy period during which or any part of which he holds or has held such licence, pay to the Commission in respect of such licence a levy, calculated at the rate which is the appropriate rate in respect of such levy period, for every carcase used for the production of bacon during such half-year at the premises to which such licence relates.

(2) The Commission may at any time by order declare that there shall be no levy under this section in respect of any carcases used for the production of bacon during any specified levy period or specified part of a levy period, and may at any time revoke or amend any such order, and whenever any such order is in force, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this section, no levy shall be payable under this section in respect of any carcases used for the production of bacon during the levy period or part of a levy period to which such order relates.

(3) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to the rate of levy under this section, that is to say:—

(a) the Commission shall not later than the expiration of the levy period commencing on the transfer date and may thereafter whenever and so often as they think fit, make an order fixing the rate of such levy;

(b) the first order under this sub-section shall be deemed to have come into force on the transfer date and every subsequent order under this sub-section shall come into force on the first day of the levy period commencing next after the making of such order;

(c) every order made under this sub-section shall remain in force until a subsequent order under this sub-section is made and comes into force;

(d) references in sub-section (1) of this section to the appropriate rate of levy in respect of a particular levy period shall be construed as references to the rate of levy fixed by an order under this sub-section which was in force during such levy period.

(4) For the purposes of this section each of the following periods shall be a levy period, that is to say:—

(a) the period commencing on the transfer date and ending on the 31st day of March, 1940;

(b) any period of three months commencing, after the transfer date, on any 1st day of April, 1st day of July, 1st day of October or 1st day of January.

(5) Any moneys paid to the Commission under this section shall be paid into the General Fund.

(6) Where on or after the transfer date bacon is produced by a licensee on behalf of the Commission under section 146 of the Act of 1935, no levy shall be payable under sub-section (1) of this section in respect of the carcases used for the production of such bacon.