17Prescribed standards for bulls and boars licensed for breeding purposes
The powers of the Minister or, in Scotland, the Secretary of State, under section 2(2) of the Improvement of Livestock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931, or under that section as applied to pigs by section 6 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944, to refuse to grant a licence to keep a bull or boar for breeding purposes shall include power to refuse to grant such a licence if he is not satisfied that the bull or boar conforms to such standard of suitability for breeding purposes as may be prescribed for bulls or boars respectively under the said Act of 1931; and different standards may be so prescribed for different classes of bulls or boars.