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An Act to amend the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1887.
[5th August 1891]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Board of Agriculture under Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1887 (c. 27), s. 9 and this Act now exercisable by (E.W.) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and (S.) Secretary of State: (E.W.) Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1(1) and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), art. 3(1); (S.) Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 (c. 49), s. 4(1)(11), Sch. 1, Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 1(1) and Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1(1)
C2 “The principal Act” means Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1887 (c. 27)
C3Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
C4This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
The powers under section nine of the principal Act of the Local Government Board as to England and Wales and of the Secretary for Scotland as to Scotland shall be transferred to and vest in the Board of Agriculture, and the powers under the same section of the Local Government Board for Ireland shall be transferred to and vest in the Irish Land Commission.
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X1S. 1 repealed (E.W.) as respects (a) any local authority outside London which was a market authority for purposes of Food and Drugs Act 1938 (c. 56) by ibid., Sch. 4 Pt. I and (b) any London borough council which was a market authority for purposes of Food and Drugs Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 16), Pt. III by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II
(1)The market authority of every market and fair to which the principal Act for the time being applies shall, unless exempted by order of the Board of Agriculture from the requirements of this section, provide and maintain to the satisfaction of the Board sufficient and suitable accommodation for weighing cattle.
(2)Default in complying with the requirements of this section shall be deemed default in complying with the requirements of section four of the principal Act.
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X2S. 2 repealed (E.W.) as respects (a) any local authority outside London which was a market authority for purposes of Food and Drugs Act 1938 (c. 56) by ibid., Sch. 4 Pt. I and (b) any London borough council which was a market authority for purposes of Food and Drugs Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 16), Pt. III by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II
Textual Amendments
F1Ss.3, 4(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. II
(1)An auctioneer shall not, unless exempted by order of the Board of Agriculture from the requirements of this section, sell cattle at any mart where cattle are habitually or periodically sold, unless there are provided at that mart similar facilities for weighing cattle as are required by the principal Act and this Act in the case of cattle sold at a market or fair to which the principal Act applies.
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(3)If any such auctioneer makes default in complying with the requirements of this section, the auctioneer, or, if he is in the employment of any person, the person by whom he is employed, shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 2 on the standard scale], or in case of a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day during which the offence continues.
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Textual Amendments
F2Ss.3, 4(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. II
F3Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
F4S.4(4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 4 amended by Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1926 (c. 21), s. 2; power to extend s. 4 conferred by Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22), s. 4(1)(c)
This Act shall, in its application to Ireland, be construed as if for the expression “the Board of Agriculture” were substituted the expression “the Irish Land Commission.”
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2
This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and may be cited as the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1891, and the principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts 1887 and 1891.
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Textual Amendments
F5Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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