3 Management of public slaughterhouses.S

(1)A local authority by whom a slaughterhouse has been provided under section 1 of this Act or under any other enactment—

(a)may make charges in respect of the use of the slaughterhouse and in respect of any services provided by them in connection therewith; and

(b)may provide plant or apparatus for disposing of or treating waste matter or refuse, or processing by-products resulting from the slaughter of animals in such a slaughterhouse.

(2)In fixing or varying any such charges as aforesaid a local authority shall consult with such persons or organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by such charges.