Agricultural Marketing Centres (Amendment) Regulations,

L.N. 12 of 2011

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 117)

Agricultural Marketing Centres (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the

Supplies and Services Act the Minister of Finance, the Economy

and Investment, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Agricultural

Marketing Centres (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and they

shall be read and construed as one with the Agricultural Marketing

Centres Regulations 1975, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations for the

definition “Director” there shall be substituted the following

“the Director” means the Director responsible for

wholesale markets;” .

In subregulation (1) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations the words “, not being a Sunday, a public holiday or

Good Friday, ” shall be deleted.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 16 of the principal Amends regulation

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a) for paragraph (a) thereof there shall be substituted

the following

“(a) on a first conviction, to a fine (multa) of not

less than five hundred euro (500) but not exceeding one

thousand two hundred euro (1,200);”;

(b) for paragraph (b) thereof there shall be substituted

the following

“(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a

fine (multa) of not less than one thousand two hundred

euro (1,200) but not exceeding two thousand and three

hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents

(2,329.37), and to the suspension of any permit, pass or

licence, for a period of not less than one month but not

exceeding six months.” ; and

(c) paragraph (c) thereof shall be deleted.

4. Immediately after regulation 16 of the principal

regulations there shall be added the following new regulation

Any licence, permit or pass granted for

“Suspension

or revocation

of any licence the purpose of these regulations may be suspended

permit or pass. or revoked at any time by the authority or person

empowered to grant it.” .

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