CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF REGULATIONS *

CONTROL OF SALE OF

CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.27

CONTROL OF SALE OF CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER

AND BEEF REGULATIONS *

20th April, 1990

LEGAL NOTICE 60 of 1990, as amended by Legal Notices 75 of 1990

and 409 of 2007, and Act XIII of 2015.

The title of these regulations is Control of Sale of Cattle

for Slaughter and Beef Regulations.

In these regulations and in any order made thereunder -

"sale" means any disposal under any onerous or gratuitous title;

"whole sa ler" m eans any pers on who purchases cattle for

slaughter and/or beef and sells them to third parties;

"retailer" means any person who purchases beef for sale by

retail;

"cattle" means bulls, cows, oxen, buffaloes, heifers and calves;

"beef" means the flesh of slaughtered cattle;

"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;

"manufacturer" means any person who processes slaughtered

cattle into beef for disposal to third parties;

"producer" means any person who keeps, breeds or fattens cattle

for slaughter for disposal thereof;

"purchase" means any acquisition made under any onerous or

gratuitous title.

The Director may from time to time by order in the Gazette

fix minimum prices at which wholesalers, retailers, and

manufacturers may purchase cattle for slaughter and/or beef from

any producer and specify the conditions under which such prices

are to apply.

(1) No person shall act as a wholesaler unless he is in

possession of a licence issued by the Director authorising him so to

act.

(2) Any such licence shall remain valid for the period for

which it is issued or renewed, or until it is withdrawn by the

Di re c to r, w hi c h e ver is th e e a r li e r d a te ; and i f n o pe ri od i s

mentioned in the licence or in any renewal thereof it shall, unless it

is earlier withdrawn as aforesaid, expire on the 31st day of

December of the year of its issue or renewal.

(3) The Director may, in issuing such a licence, attach thereto

any condition or conditions as he may deem fit.

(4)

The Director shall have the right at any time to withdraw

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 249 of 2022.

CONTROL OF SALE OF

CATTLE FOR SLAUGHTER AND BEEF

any licence issued under these Regulations, and in particular if he

is satisfied that any of the conditions of the licence have not been

observed.

(5) A licence issued by the Director shall not exempt the holder

from the requirement of having any other licence under any other

law.

The annual fee leviable for the first issue of a wholesaler’s

licence shall be twelve euro and ninety cents (€12.90), and the

annual fee leviable on every renewal of such licence shall be seven

euro and seventy cents (€7.70).

(1) Any sale or purchase of cattle for slaughter and/or beef

by any producer, wholesaler, retailer or manufacturer shall be

accompanied by a duly receipted bill which shall be shown on

demand to the Director or to any other person authorized to act on

his behalf.

(2) No such receipted bill shall be destroyed before the lapse of

twelve months from the date of the relative purchase or sale.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these

regulations or of any order made thereunder shall be guilty of an

offence and shall be liable -

(a) on a first conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than

one hundred and sixteen euros and forty-seven cents

(116.47) but not exceeding six hundred and ninety-

eight euros and eighty-one cents (698.81), and

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

for a term not exceeding three months and to a fine

(multa) of not less than two hundred and thirty-two

euros and ninety-four cents (232.94) but not exceeding

six hundred and ninety-eight euros and eighty-one

cents (698.81), and the court shall, at the instance of

the prosecution, suspend for a period not exceeding six

months any licence held by the offender in connection

with the transaction carried out by him.