1989 Ed.]
Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws
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[Subsidiary]
"waiting lairage" means a lairage in which animals are confined while awaiting slaughter.
2A. Restriction on slaughtering of animals
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall (10 of 1986, s. 32(2))
(a) slaughter, or cause or permit to be slaughtered, any bovine, goat, horse, pig or sheep in any place except an abattoir;
(b) slaughter, or cause or permit to be slaughtered, any bovine, goat, horse, pig or sheep otherwise than in accordance with these bylaws;
(c) dress, or cause or permit to be dressed, the carcass of any bovine, goat, horse, pig or sheep otherwise than in accordance with these bylaws.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the Council may authorize the slaughtering or dressing of any animal at such place and in such manner as it thinks fit.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $25,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further daily fine of $250. (L.N. 284 of 1987)
3. Appointment of authorized officers
(L.N. 33 of 1975)
(1) The Director may appoint any public officer to be an authorized officer in an abattoir for the purposes of such of these bylaws as he may specify.
(2) In the exercise of his powers and functions under these bylaws an authorized officer shall be subject to the directions of the manager of the abattoir.
4. Fees
(1) There shall be payable by every person to whom any services specified in Schedule 2 have been provided in an abattoir the appropriate fees prescribed in that Schedule. (21 of 1973 s. 20)
(2) The manager may, if Schedule 2 specifies an appropriate fee, nominate that a night will be for night slaughter. (L.N. 345 of 1988)
(3) If a person brings an animal into an abattoir to be slaughtered before 8 a.m. on the morning after a night nominated for night slaughter, the person shall pay the night slaughter fee (if any) specified in Schedule 2. (L.N. 345 of 1988)
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