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Food Act 1984, Section 53 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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53 Charges.E+W
(1)A market authority may demand in respect of the market, . . . , such charges as they may from time to time determine.
[(2)A market authority who provide—
(a)a weighing machine for weighing cattle, sheep or swine; or
(b)a cold air store or refrigerator for the storage and preservation of meat and other articles of food,
may demand in respect of the weighing of such animals or, as the case may be, the use of the store or refrigerator such charges as they may from time to time determine.]
(3)The authority—
(a)shall keep exhibited in conspicuous places in the market place, and in any market house, tables stating in large and legibly printed characters the several charges payable under this Part; and
(b)shall keep so much of the tables as relates to charges payable . . . in respect of the weighing of animals, conspicuously exhibited at every weighing machine provided by them in connection with the market for the purpose.
(4)A person who demands or accepts a charge greater than that for the time being authorised shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(5)Nothing in this section applies in relation to rents charged by a market authority in respect of the letting of accommodation within their market for any period longer than one week.
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