Pig Production Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1964(repealed)

1 Northern Ireland Pig Production Development Committee. N.I.

(1) There shall be established a committee which shall be known as the Northern Ireland Pig Production Development Committee (in this Act referred to as “the Committee” ) and the members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Minister of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as “the Minister” ) in accordance with the provisions of Part I of the Schedule.

(2) The Committee shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and section 19 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply to the Committee.

(3) The Committee shall not, without the consent of the Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry” ), exercise any power to acquire land.

(4) The Committee may, with the consent of the Ministry or in accordance with the terms of any authority given by the Ministry, borrow temporarily from any other person by way of overdraft or otherwise such sums as the Committee may require.

(5) The proceedings of the Committee shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the Schedule.

2 Functions of Committee. N.I.

(1) The functions of the Committee shall be to provide services and facilities intended to benefit persons engaged in the production of pigs or to increase, encourage or make more profitable the production of pigs or to secure improvements in the quality of pigs and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,—

(a) to promote or provide schemes for the production and distribution of high quality breeding stock and services and facilities for progeny testing, performance testing and artificial insemination of pigs;

(b) to promote or undertake investigations, research and education in connection with the production of pigs generally;

(c) to give such financial assistance as the Committee may think fit to other persons to meet expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred by those persons in providing any services or facilities mentioned in this subsection.

(2) The Committee shall make recommendations to the Ministry as to the amount of the levy to be paid under[F1 section 5], and in making such recommendations shall have regard to the expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in carrying out their functions under subsection (1).

F1 1994 NI 6

3 Pig Production Development Fund. N.I.

(1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be established and maintained a fund to be called the Pig Production Development Fund (in this Act referred to as “the Development Fund” ) which shall be administered by the Ministry on behalf of the Committee.

(2) The Ministry shall bear all expenses incurred by it in administering the Development Fund.

(3) There shall be credited to and paid into the Development Fund all moneys received by the Ministry or the Committee under or for the purposes of any provision of this Act or any order made thereunder.

(4) The Committee shall transmit to the Ministry for payment into the Development Fund all moneys received by the Committee in the exercise of their functions under this Act.

(5) Where so authorised by the Committee the Ministry shall make payments out of the Development Fund to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the Committee in carrying out any of their functions under this Act or any order made thereunder, but the Ministry may, without the authority of the Committee, make payments out of the Development Fund under section 8(2).

S. 4 rep. by 1994 NI 6

5 Power to impose levy on pigs sold to, or exported by, persons other than the Board. N.I.

[F2 (1) For the purpose of enabling the Committee to meet expenses incurred or likely to be incurred by them in connection with the carrying out of their functions under this Act, the Department on the recommendation of the Committee may, by order made subject to negative resolution, impose a levy—

(a) upon every holder of a licence under section 1 of the Slaughter-houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 in respect of each pig slaughtered in the slaughter-house to which the licence relates, not being a pig imported into Northern Ireland for immediate slaughter; and

(b) upon every person exporting pigs from Northern Ireland in respect of each pig so exported by him.

(2) The amount of a levy imposed by an order made under subsection (1) shall be [F3 of such amount as the Department, on the recommendation of the Committee[F4 under section 2(2)], may, by order, determine] and shall be payable to the Committee or, if the order so provides, to the Ministry on behalf of the Committee.

(3) An order made under subsection (1) may—

(a) for the purpose of enabling the liability of persons to pay a levy imposed under the order to be determined, require every[F4 holder of a licence under section 1 of the Slaughter-houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 and every person] exporting pigs from Northern Ireland to keep and produce to the Ministry such records and make such returns to the Ministry as may be specified in the order;

(b) make provision as to the time and place at which and the manner in which payment of the levy imposed under the order shall be made, including provision for the payment of the levy by other persons on behalf of persons upon whom the levy is imposed;

(c) make provision for the recovery of the levy imposed under the order and for the payment out of the Development Fund of any expenses incurred in recovering the levy;

(d) provide for the payment of such fees as may be determined by the Committee to any person authorised to collect on behalf of the Ministry or the Committee any levy imposed under the order;

(e) make such other provision as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying the provisions of the order into effect.

(4) Information contained in records or returns produced or made to the Ministry in pursuance of a requirement in an order made under subsection (1) shall not, without the consent in writing of the person by whom the information was furnished, be disclosed except—

(a) in connection with the execution of this Act or any order made thereunder; or

(b) for the purposes of any proceedings pursuant thereto or of any report of such proceedings; or

(c) in the form of a summary of similar returns or information furnished by or obtained from a number of persons, being a summary so framed as not to enable particulars relating to the business of an individual person to be ascertained therefrom.]

F2 1994 NI6

F3 1977 NI 12

F4 1994 NI 6

6 Offences. N.I.

(1) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of an order made under section 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F5 level 5 on the standard scale].

(2) Any person who being required by an order made under section 5 to produce any record or make any return produces or makes any record or return which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to the provisions of [F6 Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 [1979 NI 19] ], be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding [F5 level 5 on the standard scale] or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

(3) Any person who knowingly discloses any information in contravention of section 5(4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding[F5 level 5 on the standard scale] or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

F5 1984 NI 3

F6 1979 NI 19

7 Expenses of Committee. N.I.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 19 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] or in any other provision of this Act the Committee shall not have power to employ staff.

(2) The Committee shall authorise the Ministry to make payments out of the Development Fund to meet expenses for secretarial and any other services rendered to the Committee.

8 Expenses of members of Committee. N.I.

(1) No salary shall be paid to any member of the Committee but there may be paid to any member allowances for travelling and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him in connection with the business of the Committee at such rates as the Committee, with the approval of the Ministry, may determine.

(2) Allowances payable under this section shall be paid by the Ministry out of the Development Fund.

9 Investment of surplus funds. N.I.

(1) The Ministry may, if so recommended by the Committee, invest on their behalf any part of the Development Fund which is not for the time being required for any other purpose in any securities in which trustees are entitled by law and in the absence of a direction contained in their trust instrument to invest trust moneys.

(2) The Ministry, if so authorised by the Committee, may from time to time vary or transpose all moneys invested under this section into other investments authorised under this section, and may at any time, for the purpose of such variation or transposition, or in order to utilise for the purposes of this Act the invested portion of the Development Fund, sell and convert into money all or any investments made under this section.

(3) All dividends and interest received on investments made under this section shall be paid into the Development Fund.

10 Accounts, audit and reports. N.I.

(1) The Ministry shall keep an annual account showing the income and expenditure of the Development Fund and shall prepare a balance sheet as at the date to which the annual account is made up and shall cause the account and balance sheet to be audited by[F7 a person who is eligible for appointment as a company auditor under Article 28 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990.]

(2) The Committee shall prepare an annual report, and a copy of the report and of the account and balance sheet certified by the auditor appointed under subsection (1) shall be supplied, either free of charge or on payment of such sum not exceeding [F8 £1] as may be fixed by the Committee, to any person who makes application therefor to the Committee.

F7 SR 1993/67

F8 1977 NI 12

11 Provision for winding up of the Committee and the distribution of assets. N.I.

(1) On the Committee ceasing to exist or to carry out their functions under this Act or on the recommendation of the Committee, the Ministry may by order made subject to affirmative resolution provide for the winding up of the Committee and, in accordance with the provisions of the order, for the transfer to the Board or for the distribution to, or for the benefit of, persons engaged in the production of pigs of any moneys standing to the credit of the Development Fund and of any other assets then held by or on behalf of the Committee.

(2) An order made under subsection (1) may for the purpose of the winding up of the Committee apply[F9 Part VI of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989] (provisions for the winding up of unregistered companies) subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order.

F9 1989 NI 19

12 Interpretation. N.I.

In this Act—

• “the Board”[F10 means the Pigs Marketing Board];

• “the Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

• “the Development Fund” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1);

• “the Minister” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1);

• “the Ministry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3).

F10 1994 NI 6

13 Short title. N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Pig Production Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.