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Slaughterhouses Act 1974
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12Byelaws about slaughterhouses and knackers' yards
(1)A local authority may, and shall if so required by the Minister, make byelaws—
(a)for securing that slaughterhouses and knackers' yards are kept in a sanitary condition and are properly managed, and
(b)requiring a person licensed to keep a knacker's yard to keep, and to produce when required, records of animals brought into the yard and of the manner in which those animals and the different parts thereof were disposed of.
(2)Nothing in Part II of this Act shall be construed as restricting any power to make byelaws under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above; but, in so far as any byelaws under that subsection conflict with regulations under section 13 of the [1955 c. 16 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2).] Food and Drugs Act 1955, the regulations shall prevail.
(3)The confirming authority in respect of any byelaws under this section shall be the Minister.
(4)If a person convicted of an offence against any byelaw made under this section holds a licence in respect of the premises where the act was committed, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, cancel the licence.
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