Sales, Markets and Lairs (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Notice of approval of markets

3.  For paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 13 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –

“(2) A notice of approval issued to any person under paragraph (1) may be –

(a)issued subject to conditions; and

(b)amended, suspended or revoked by further notice in writing issued to the same person in accordance with the following paragraph.

(3) A notice of approval under paragraph (1) may be –

(a)suspended or revoked if the Department is of the reasonable opinion that the provisions of this Order are not being complied with in relation to the market to which the notice relates; and

(b)revoked if the person to whom the notice was issued is convicted of a relevant offence in relation to a bovine animal or swine offered or exposed for sale at the market to which the notice relates.

(4) In paragraph (3) “relevant offence” means –

(a)in relation to a bovine animal, under the Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(1), the Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(2) or the Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(3); or

(b)in relation to a swine, under the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 for contravention of the Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997(4), in so far as it relates to same, or Article 12 of the Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1994(5).”.