SLAUGHTER-HOUSES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

SLAUGHTER-HOUSES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

SLAUGHTER-HOUSES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law...................................... Page

1. Citation and application ............... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 3
2. Interpretation .............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 3
3. Authorized officers .................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 3

4. Licence for operation of a slaughter-house ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 4
5-9........[Cancelled 1 ................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 4
10. Prohibition of subletting, transferring, etc. of licence ... ... ... ... ... BW 4
11. Display of licence ....................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 4
11 Slaughtering of animals for human consumption ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 4
13. Animals which may be brought into licensed premises ... ... ... ... BW 4

14. Animals to be brought into licensed premises only for slaughter ... ... BW 5
14A. Power of authorized officer to refuse to admit animals if insufficient
accommodation ....................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 5
is. Lairages to be provided in licensed premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 5
16. Animals to be admitted into reception lairage ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 6
17. Inspection of animals before admission ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 6
18. Unfit animals to be detained in isolation lairage ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 6
18A........................................Power of authorized officer to have diseased or injured animals segregated BW 6
18B............................Animals detained or segregated may be slaughtered ... ... ... ... ... BW 6
19. Examination of carcasses and offal .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 7

20. Management and staffing of licensed premises ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 7
21. Time of admission of animals ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 7

22. Inspection of premises ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 7
23. Water supply .......................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 7
24. Ablution facilities ................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 8
25. Watering of cattle .................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 8
26. Unnecessary suffering to be prevented .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 8
27. Maintenance of ventilation ............... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 8
28. Lighting of premises BW 8
29.' Maintenance of drainage BW 8
29A..........................Cleanliness of licensed premises, equipment etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 8
30. Licensed premises to be kept in good repair ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 9
31. Lime-washing of licensed premises BW 9
32. Cleansing after slaughtering BW 9
33. First aid equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 9
34. Prevention of pests ... ... ... ... .. ... BW 9
j;4 - - --- . -1 ~
35. Keeping of animals therein ... ... BW 10





By-law...................................... Page
36. Dressing of carcass ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 10
37. Removal of hides, offal, etc . ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 10
38. Collection and removal of blood, etc., and cleansing of vessels used in such
collection and removal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 10
39. Person suffering from infectious disease not allowed in licensed premises ... BW 11
40. Prohibition of injection of carcass .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 11
41. Council may exclude unauthorized persons from parts of licensed premises BW 11
42. Prohibition of removal of live animals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 11
43. Restriction of entry into licensed premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 11
44. Intoxication prohibited ..................... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 11
45. Application to licensee to slaughter ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 11
46. Obedience of orders by users ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
47. Obstruction of user forbidden .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
48. Prohibition ofspitting, etc . .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
48A.................................Prohibition on taking meat etc. to a room containing a toilet ... ... ... BW 12
49. Slaughtering only in part so assigned .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
50. Prohibition of interference during slaughter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
51. Settlement of dispute .................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 12
52. Provision and cleanliness of instruments and appliances ... ... ... ... BW 12
53. Authorized officer to mark carcasses and offal fit for human consumption ... BW 12
53A. Transport of carcasses from the licensed premises to any other place ... BW 12
53B..........................Requirements where meat or offal transported ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 13
54. Offences in respect of carcasses and offal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 13
55. Carcass or offal may be seized and destroyed if offence committed ... BW 14
56. Register to be kept by licensee ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 14
57. Inspection fees ........................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 14
58. Power of public officers to inspect registers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 14
59. Suspension or cancellation of licence .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 15
60. Offences .................................... ... ... ... ... ... BW 15
61. Penalty ..................................... ... ... ... ... ... BW 15
62. Saving ...................................... ... ... ... BW 15

First Schedule. Forms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 15
Second Schedule. Licensing Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 16
Third Schedule. Marks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BW 1 7





SLAUGHTER-HOUSES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, sections 77 and 149)*

[ 9 May 1952.1

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Slaughter-houses
(Regional Council) By-laws, and shall apply to the Regional Council
area.

2. (1) In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise re-
quires-

,,authorized officer' means-

(a) a public officer appointed under by-law 3(1); and

(b) a health inspector;

'carcass' means the body of a dead animal;

'Council' means the Regional Council;

'licensee' means a person to whom a licence is issued under
by-law 8;

offal' means any part of a carcass which is removed therefrom
during the process of dressing, other than the hide, horns and
skin;

'senior veterinary officer' includes any veterinary officer authorized
by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries or by any Assistant
Director of Agriculture and Fisheries to perform the duties of a
senior veterinary officer under the Public Health (Animals and
Birds) Ordinance.

(2) [Deleted, 10 of 1986, s. 32(2)]

3. (1) The Council may appoint any public officer in writing
as an authorized officer for the purpose of such provisions of these
by-laws as the Council specifies.

(2) An authorized officer shall, in the exercise of his powers
and the performance of his duties, comply with any directions given
to him by the Council.

Note:These by-laws are deemed to have been made under section 77 d
the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Chapter 132-
see section 149(1) of that Ordinance.





4. (1) No person shall use or occupy any premises as a
slaughter-house in the Regional Council area except under and in
accordance with a licence issued by the Council.

(2) A licence issued under paragraph (1) shall be in Form 4 in
the First Schedule.

(3) A licence issued under paragraph (1) shall be valid for a
period of 12 months from the date of issue and may be renewed on
application.

(4) Every licence issued under paragraph (1) or renewed under
paragraph (3) shall be issued or renewed, as the case may be, upon
payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in the Second Schedule
according to the maximum number of animals permitted to be
slaughtered in the premises.

5-9. [Cancelled, L.N. 681871

10. (1) No licensee shall sublet, transfer or lend his licence to
any other person without the written consent of the Council; or
absent himself from Hong Kong for a period in excess of 30 days
without informing the Council in writing of his intended departure
and the duration of his absence.

(2) Whenever the licensee intends to leave Hong Kong he
shall provide a deputy, to be approved by the Council to act for
him in all matters relating to the licensed premises.

11. Every licensee shall cause his licence to be continuously
displayed in a conspicuous position in his licensed premises.

12. (1) No person shall-

(a) slaughter any animal for human consumption; or

(b) dress any carcass,

except in licensed premises.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Council may, if in its
opinion there is a special reason for doing so, give permission-

(a)for an animal to be slaughtered for human consumption in
a place other than in licensed premises; or

(b)for a carcass to be dressed in a place other than in licensed
premises.

13. (1) No person shall bring into or keep in any licensed
premises-

(a)any animal other than a bovine animal, goat, pig or sheep;
or

(b) any carcass,

except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).





(2) An authorized officer may permit a carcass to be brought
into any licensed premises-

(a) for destruction in an incinerator; or

(b)for disposal (for any purpose other than for human con-
sumption) in a by-products plant.

(3) A person may bring the undressed carcass of a bovine
animal, goat, pig or sheep into any licensed premises for inspection
under by-law 19 if-

(a) the carcass has been bled; and

(b)it is accompanied by a certificate from the senior veterinary
officer or an authorized officer stating---
(i) the reason for the slaughter of the animal;
(ii) whether, to his knowledge, the animal was by
reason of disease or any other cause unfit for slaughter for
human consumption at the time when it was slaughtered;
and
(iii) whether, to his knowledge, any drug was adminis-
tered to the animal before slaughter which could affect the
fitness of the carcass or the offal for human consumption.

14. No person shall bring into or keep in any licensed premises
any bovine animal, goat, pig or sheep for any purpose other than
for slaughter for human consumption, except as provided in these
by-laws or in any other enactment.

14A. An authorized officer may refuse to admit to licensed
premises an animal if he is of the opinion that there is insufficient
accommodation available on the premises for the animal.

15. (1) Every licensed premises shall contain-

(a)a reception lairage, for the admission of animals into the
premises;

(b)a waiting lairage, for the confinement of animals awaiting
slaughter;

(e)an isolation lairage, for the confinement of animals in
segregation from other animals in the premises.

(IA) Where the marketing of livestock takes place on any
licensed premises the premises shall contain a holding lairage for the
keeping of animals prior to sending them to the waiting lairage.

(2) In every licensed premises, the reception, waiting, isolation
and holding lairages shall be separated from each other and shall be





constructed so that animals in any such lairage cannot. while
unsupervised-

(a) leave the lairage; or

(b)come into contact with animals which are outside the
lairage.

16. Every animal which is brought into any licensed premises
shall be taken immediately into the reception lairage.

17. (1) An authorized officer shall inspect every animal which
is brought into the reception lairage of any licensed premises.

(2) No person shall remove any animal from the reception
lairage of any licensed premises before it has been inspected under
paragraph (1).

18. (1) An authorized officer who inspects any animal under
by-law 17(1) shall, if in his opinion the animal is diseased or other-
wise unfit for slaughter for human consumption-

(a) notify the senior veterinary officer; and

(b)cause the animal to be detained in the isolation lairage in
the licensed premises.

(2) No person shall remove any animal from the isolation
lairage of any licensed premises without the permission of the senior
veterinary officer.

18A. If an authorized officer has reason to believe that an
animal admitted to licensed premises is suffering from disease or
injury, he may cause the animal to be segregated from the other
animals in the slaughter-house.

18B. (1) The authorized officer may cause any animal which
has been detained under by-law 18 or segregated under by-law 18A
to be slaughtered.

(2) The Council or an authorized officer may cause the car-
cass of any animal which is slaughtered under paragraph (1) to be
disposed of in such manner as it, or he, thinks fit.

(3) Where an animal is slaughtered under paragraph (1), the
authorized officer shall forthwith give notice of the fact to-

(a) the owner of the animal; or

(b)the person who appeared to the authorized officer to be in
charge of the animal immediately prior to the time when
the animal was received into the holding or waiting lairage
or segregated, as the case may be; or





(c)if the persons mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)
cannot readily be found, the licensee or his manager.

19. (1) An authorized officer shall examine-
(a) the carcass; and
(b) the offal,

of every animal which is slaughtered in any licensed premises or
which is brought into any licensed premises under by-law 13(3),
and shall detain such carcass or offal if in his opinion it is unfit for
human consumption.

(2) The Council or an authorized officer may cause any car-
cass or offal which is detained under paragraph (1) to be destroyed
or otherwise disposed of in such manner as it, or he, thinks fit.

20. Every licensee shall employ such staff as the Council con-
siders necessary for the satisfactory management and security of
his licensed premises, including a supervisor, who shall be responsi-
ble for the general conduct of such premises and for the due observ-
ance of these by-laws by the staff and all persons using such premises.

21. Every licensed premises shall for the purpose of the admis-
sion of animals be open at such hours as may be prescribed by the
Council.

22. Every licensee shall at all reasonable times permit-
(a) the Director of Regional Services;
(b) the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;
(c) the Director of Medical an Health Ser-,,~iees;
(d) the Director of Buildings and Lands;
(e) the Secretary for District Administration;
the Commissioner of Police;
(g) the senior veterinary officer; and

(h)any public officer authorized in writing by the holder of
any office specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f),

to have free access to every part of his licensed premises for the
purpose of inspection of such premises and any animals therein.

23. Every licensee shall cause the means of water supply
provided in or in connexion with the licensed premises to be kept at
all times in proper order and efficient action, and shall provide for
use on the licensed premises a sufficient supply of water for the
purpose of thoroughly washing and cleansing the floors or pave-
ments, every part of the internal surface of every wall of such licensed
premises and evey vessel or receptacle which may be used for the





collection and removal from such slaughter-house of any blood,
manure, garbage, filth, or other refuse products of the slaughtering
of any animal or the dressing of any carcass on such premises.

24. Every licensee shall provide within his licensed premises, at
places which are readily accessible from the workrooms and lava-
tories, adequate, facilities in which persons working in the premises
may wash their hands, including an adequate supply of hot and cold
running water, nail brushes, soap or other detergents and disposable
paper towels or other hand-drying material or equipment approved
by the Council.

25. Every licensee shall cause every animal brought to the
licensed premises for the purpose of being slaughtered, and confined
in any pound, stall, pen or lair upon the premises previously to being
slaughtered, to be provided during such confinement with a sufficient
quantity of potable water.

26. Every licensee and every servant of such licensee and every
other person employed upon the licensed premises in the slaughter-
ing of any animal shall comply with the written instructions of the
Council as to the method of securing such animal before slaughter-
ing so as to enable such animal to be slaughtered with as little pain
or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of such slaughter-
ing any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such
method of slaughtering as the Council may in writing direct.

27. Every licensee shall cause the means of ventilation pro-
vided in or in connection with his licensed premises to be kept at all
times in proper order and efficient action; and so that the ventilation
shall be by direct communication with the external air.

28. (1) Every licensed premises shall be equipped with
adequate and evenly distributed lighting.

(2) If artificial lighting is provided in the slaughterhall and
workrooms in any licensed premises, it shall be of an overall
intensity of at least 220 lux.

(3) If artificial lighting is provided in any places in licensed
premises where inspections are carried out under by-law 17 or 19,
it shall be of an overall intensity of at least 550 lux.

29. Every licensee shall cause the drainage provided in or in
connexion with the licensed premises to be kept at all times in
proper order and efficient action.

29A. Every licensee shall-

(a) cause the equipment, fittings, windows, ceilings, floor and
wall surfaces and all other parts of the structure of any
slaughterhall, offal cleaning room, dress carcasses hanging





room or workroom to be kept clean and free from noxious
matter at all times;

(b)cause the interior surfaces of any room used for the
keeping of meat classified as unfit for human consumption
to be kept clean and so as to prevent the absorption of any
blood, refuse, dirt or other offensive matter at all times;

(c)cause every toilet or urinal in the licensed premises and the
room in which it is situated to be kept clean and every such
toilet or urinal to be maintained in efficient working order
and every toilet to be provided with an adequate supply of
toilet paper held in a suitable fitting;

(d) cause every lairage to be kept clean; and

(e)ensure that every wash-hand basin and sterilizer is kept
clean and in good working order.

30. Every licensee shall cause every part of the internal surface
of the walls and every part of the floor or pavement of his licensed
premises to be kept at all times in good order and repair, so as to
prevent the absorption therein of any blood or liquid refuse or filth
which may be spilled or splashed thereon, or any offensive or
noxious matter which may be deposited thereon or brought in
contact therewith.

31. Every licensee shall cause every part of the internal surface
above the floor or pavement of the licensed premises to be thoroughly
lime washed once a year in the month the licence falls due for
renewal or as directed by the Council:

Provided that nothing in this by-law shall require any tiled
or other non-absorbent surface to be lime washed.

32. Every licensee shall cause every part of the floor or
pavement of his licensed premises, and every part of the internal
surface of every wall on which any blood or liquid refuse or filth may
have been spilled or splashed, or with which any offensive or noxious
matter may have been brought in contact during the process of
slaughtering or dressing in such licensed premises, to be thoroughly
washed and cleansed within 3 hours after the completion of such
slaughtering or dressing.

33. Every licensee shall provide in a visible and readily
accessible place within his licensed premises an adequate supply
of bandages, dressings and antiseptic for the first aid treatment of
persons working in the premises.

34. Every licensee shall-

(a)cause all manure bays in his licensed premises to be dusted
with an effective contact insecticide at least once every 24
hours;





(b)cause the walls enclosing the manure bays in the premises,
and any wall surfaces in the premises which are exposed
to the sun in the vicinity for such bays, to be sprayed at
least once every month to a height of 3 m from the ground
with an effective contact insecticide which has residual
insecticide properties;

(c)take all other reasonable steps to prevent the presence of
flies in and about the premises; and

(d)take all reasonable steps to keep the premises free from
rats, mice, birds and insects.

35. (1) A licensee shall not at any time keep any animal, or
cause or suffer any animal to be kept in his licensed premises for a
longer period than may be necessary for the purpose of preparing
such animal, whether by fasting or otherwise, for the process of
slaughtering.

(2) If, at any time, a licensee keep or suffer to be kept, in
his licensed premises any animal for the purpose of preparation
whether by fasting or otherwise, for the process of slaughtering, he
shall not cause or sufler such animal to be confined elsewhere than in
the pounds, stalls, pens or lairs, provided on such premises.

36. (1) Every licensed premises shall be provided with a
sufficient quantity of potable water for the purpose of dressing
carcasses.

(2) The carcass of every animal slaughtered shall be hung in a
cooling room especially provided for that purpose immediately after
it is dressed and shall remain there until removed for disposal.

37. Every licensee shall cause the hide, horns, skin and offal of
every animal slaughtered on his premises to be removed therefrom
within 12 hours after the completion of the slaughtering of such
animal.

38. (1) Every licensee shall provide a sufficient number of
vessels or receptacles, properly constructed of galvanized iron or
other non-absorbent material, and furnished with closely fitting
covers, for the purpose of receiving and conveying from his licensed
premises all blood, manure, garbage, filth, or other refuse products
of the slaughtering of any animal or the dressing of any carcass on
such premises.

(2) Every licensee shall forthwith upon the completion of the
slaughtering of any animal or the dressing of any carcass in such
premises cause such blood, manure, garbage, filth or other refuse
products to be collected and deposited in such vessels or receptacles,
and shall cause all the contents of such vessels or receptacles to be
removed from the premises at least once in every 24 hours.





(3) Every licensee shall cause every such vessel or receptacle to
be thoroughly cleansed immediately after such vessel or receptacle
shall have been used for such collection and removal, and shall cause
every such vessel or receptacle when not in actual use to be kept
thoroughly clean.

39. No person affected with any infectious disease shall enter
into any licensed premises or shall take part in the slaughtering of
any animal for human consumption or in the handling of the flesh of
such animal.

40. No person shall cause the introduction of water, air or any
gas or gaseous mixture into the tissues of the carcass of any animal.

41. (1) The Council may, if in its opinion it is expedient to
do so for the efficient management or operation of any licensed
premises, by order in writing prohibit the entry of persons, perma-
nently or for such period as it thinks fit, into any specified part of the
premises.

(2) A copy of an order under paragraph (1) shall be posted in a
conspicuous place outside the part of any licensed premises to which
it relates.

(3) No person shall without the permission of the Council or
an authorized officer enter or remain in any part of any licensed
premises in respect of which an order has been made under para-
graph (1).

42. No person shall cause or suffer any animal which has been
brought into any licensed premises for slaughtering to be taken out
alive except with the permission of the senior veterinary officer.

43. No person shall enter or remain in any-licensed premises
except for the purpose of slaughtering, or supplying food or water to
any animal therein or preparing any carcass for sale, or otherwise
for some lawful purpose connected with the licensed premises.

44. No person shall enter or remain in any licensed premises in
a state of intoxication, nor shall any person bring or keep in any
licensed premises any spirituous liquor or any drug of any nature
whatsoever.

45. (1) Any person who desires to use any licensed premises
for the purpose of slaughtering shall make written application to the
licensee and permission to use such premises shall be given in the
order in which such applications were received.

(2) Except as provided for in these by-laws, no person shall
be refused the use of licensed premises for slaughtering his animals
nor shall any animal be rejected during the hours in which such
premises are open.





46. Every person using any licensed premises shall obey every
order given him by the licensee or an authorized officer and shall
conduct himself in a quiet and orderly manner therein.

47. No person shall obstruct or hinder any person in the
proper use of any licensed premises or of any utensil, article, gear or
apparatus provided by the licensee for use therein.

48. No person shall spit or commit a nuisance within any
licensed premises.

48A. No person shall take any meat, offal, blood or any
article which may reasonably be expected to come into contact with
any meat, offal or blood upon the licensed premises, into a room or
other place which contains a toilet or urinal.

49. No person shall slaughter any animal in any part of any
licensed premises other than that part assigned by the Council for
the purpose of slaughtering animals of any particular kind.

50. No person shall slaughter any animal in such a situation
which will interfere with the slaughtering of any other animal.

51. If any difference or dispute shall arise between any person
using any licensed premises regarding any question of priority as to
the use of any part of such licensed premises, or any utensil, article,
gear or apparatus provided therein, such difference or dispute shall
be referred by the licensee to a health inspector whose decision shall
be final and shall be obeyed by such persons.

52. The owner, or the person for the time being in charge of
any animal to be slaughtered, shall provide the proper instruments
and appliances required for the purpose and shall cause such articles
to be thoroughly cleansed immediately after the completion of the
process of slaughtering in which they have been used, and shall cause
every such article when not in use to be kept thoroughly clean.

53. An authorized officer who examines any carcass or offal
under by-law 19(1) shall, if he is satisfied that it is fit for human
consumption, apply to it the appropriate mark specified in the Third
Schedule.

53A. (1) No person shall transport, and no licensee shall
permit to be transported, any carcass, part of a carcass or offal (not
being a carcass, part of a carcass or offal which is to be disposed
of as being unfit for human consumption) from the licensed premises





to any other place unless the vehicle used for such transport has
been approved in writing by the Council as being suitable for such
transport.

(2) Any approval given,by the Council under paragraph (1)
may be given subject to such conditions as it thinks fit and may be
withdrawn at any time upon notice to the owner of the vehicle
whether for breach of such conditions or otherwise.

53B. (1) No person shall transport, and no licensee shall
permit to be transported, any carcass, part of a carcass or offal in a
vehicle which has been approved by the Council for such transport
under by-law 53A, or which requires such approval, unless the
following requirements are observed-

(a)the vehicle shall be clean and free from refuse, dirt, or other
offensive matter;
(b)no other article or matter shall be conveyed in the vehicle
together with the meat or offal;

(c)the vehicle shall not, whether at the time when it is
transporting meat or offal, or at any other time, be used for
the transportation of any live animal or anything likely to
contaminate meat or offal;

(d)meat and offal shall be conveyed within the meat conveying
compartment of the vehicle in such manner as to ensure
that the meat and offal are kept clean;

(e)any door or window of the meat conveying compartment
of the vehicle shall be kept properly closed while the vehicle
is in motion;

every person engaged in the delivery or portering of meat
and ofFal to and from the vehicle shall wear clean and
washable protective clothing and head coverings.

(2) No person who is loading or unloading meat or offal upon
any vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) or who is upon such vehicle
while transporting meat or offal shall spit or smoke.

(3) No person shall be in the meat conveying compartment
of any vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) except for the purpose
of loading or unloading meat or offal or for the cleaning or main-
tenance of the vehicle.

54. (1) No person shall remove from any licensed premises-

(a) any carcass; or

(b) any offal,

unless it is marked in accordance with by-law 53 or an authorized
officer has given permission for its removal.

(2) No person shall, without the permission of the Council,
have in his possession for the purposes of sale, offer for sale, or sell-





(a) any carcass; or

(b) any offal,

which has not been marked in accordance with by-law 53.

(3) Except as provided in paragraph (1) or in any other
enactment, no person shall mark any carcass or offal with a mark
specified in the Third Schedule or with a mark so closely resembling
a mark specified in the Third Schedule as to be likely to mislead.

55. (1) An authorized officer or a police officer may seize and
detain any carcass or offal if he suspects on reasonable grounds that
an offence under by-law 54(1), (2) or (3) has been committed in
respect of it.
(2) The Council or an authorized officer may cause any
carcass or offal in respect of which any offence under by-law
54(1), (2) or (3) has been committed to be destroyed.

56. (1) Every licensee shall keep and maintain on his licensed
premises a register, in the form of Form 5 in the First Schedule, in
which he shall record each day the number of each class of-
(a)animal which has been inspected under by-law 17(1);
and
(b) carcass which has been examined under by-law 19,

during that day.

(2) Every page of the register shall be consecutively numbered.

(3) Every daily entry in the register shall be signed by the
licensee and counter-signed by an authorized officer.

(4) The licensee shall forthwith notify an authorized officer of
any alterations which he makes to the register.

(5) No licensee shall be required to keep any record made
under paragraph (1) for more than 2 years after the day to which it
relates.

57. (1) Every licensee shall pay to the Council the follow-
ing inspection fees in respect of each animal which is examined
under by-law 19(1) in his licensed premises-

(a)for any bovine animal- $7.10;
(b) for any other animal-----$4.70

(2) Every licensee shall pay the fees due from him to the
Council under paragrapfi (1) on or before the 7th day of the month
following the month in which such fees were incurred.

58. Every licensee shall, upon being requested to do so by the
Council or an authorized officer, produce to the Council or the
authorized officer for inspection the register which he is required to
keep and maintain under by-law 56.





59. (1) Any breach of these by-laws or of any prescribed
direction, instruction or condition shall render a licence liable to
suspension for such period as the Council may decide or to
cancellation without prior notice from it.

(2)(a) The Council may cancel a licence for the use and
occupation of any premises as a slaughter-house at any
time upon giving not less than one month's notice of its
intention so to so.

(b)Where a licence is cancelled under the provisions of sub-
paragraph (a), the Council shall refund to the licensee
that proportion of the fee paid in respect of the licence
which the period for which the licence would otherwise
have remained in force bears to the period for which the
licence was granted.

60. (1) Any licensee who contravenes by-law 10(1) or (2),
11, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 29A, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35(1) or (2),
37, 38(1), (2) or (3), 53A(I), 53B(1), 56(1), (2), (3) or (4), or 58 shall
be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any licensee of any licensed premises in or in respect of
which by-law 13(1), 14, 15(1), (IA) or (2), 16, 17(2), 18(2), 21, 28(1),
(2), or (3), 36(1) or (2), 39, 40, 41(3), 42, 45(2), 48A, 49, 50, or 54(1)
is contravened shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person who contravenes by-law, 13(1), 14, 17(2), 18(2),
26, 39, 40, 41(3), 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 48A, 49, 50, 52, 53A(I), 53B,
or 54(1), (2), or (3) shall be guilty of an offence.

61. (1) Any person who contravenes by-law 4 commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $25,000 and to imprisonment for 6
months and, in the case of a continuing offence, a daily penalty of
$500.

(2) Any person who contravenes by-law 12(1) commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $25,000 and to imprisonment for 6
months and, in the case of a continuing offence, a daily penalty of
$250.

(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under these by-laws
(other than by-law 4 or 12(1)), shall be liable to a fine of $10,000 and
to imprisonment for 6 months and, in the case of a continuing
offence under by-law 29A or 30, a daily penalty of $250.

62. Nothing in these by-laws shall d ---ogate from or in any
way affect the provisions of the Public Health (Animals and Birds)
Regulations.





FORm 4 [by-law 4(2).]

Form of Slaughter-house Licence
............................... (name)
is hereby licensed to use and occupy ...........................................................................
.......................................
.....................................1 (address of premises)
as a slaughter-house for a period of 12 months from the date hereof. The maximum
number of animals permitted to be slaughtered in any one day is ..............................
bovine and ........non bovine.
Fee 5 ..................
Dated this day of...................19

................ .
Regional Council.

FORm 5 [by-law 56.]

Form of Inspection Register to be kept in Slaughter-house

Page No . ........................

1 . Name of Licensee
Licence Number ...........
2. Date
3. Number of bovine animals inspected for admission during day ..........................
......................... 1 1
4. Number of other animals inspected for admission during day ............................
.................. . 1
5. Number of bovine carcasses examined during day ..............................................
.................. .
6. Number of other animal carcasses examined during day .. ..................................
.................. .
7. Signature of licensee
8. Counter-signature of authorized officer ..............................................................

SECOND SCHEDULE [by-law 4(4).]


LICEN NG FEES

Maximum Num e Animals
Permitted to be Each Day Fees
Exceeding Not exceeding $
50 ..* .......................................... 750
50 100 ............................................. 1,500
100 150 ............................................. 2,250
150 200 ............................................. 3,000
200 250 ............................................. 3,750
250 300 ...................4,500
300 350 ....................................... 5,250
350 400 ............................................. 6,000
400 450 ....................................... 6,750
450 500 ............................................. 7,500
500 ..................................................... 8,250







Maximum Number 'of Bovine Animals
(goats, sheep, pigs) Permitted to be
Slaughtered Each Day Fees
Exceeding Not exceeding $
500 .......................................... 5,000
500 1000 ......................................... 10,000
1000 1 500 ........................................ 15,000
1 500 2000 ......................................... 20,000
2000 2500 ......................................... 25,000
2500 3000 ......................................... 30,000
3000 3500 ......................................... 35,000
3500 4000 ......................................... 40,000
4000 4500 .......................................... 45,000
4500 5000 ...................................................... 50,000
5000 ..................................................... 55,000

THIRD SCHEDULE [by-law 53.]

MARKS TO BE APPLIED TO CARCASSES AND OFFALS OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS

Parts to be marked Details of mark Diagram of mark
A. Carcass 50 rum diameter.
Serial number in middle 0
of stamp.
H. K.
B. Offal:
(i) liver
(ii) tongue (in case of 30 mm diameter. H. K.
bovine animals
only)
P E C'S'
0
G.N.A. 86/52. G.N.A. 101/59. G.N.A. 100/59. 30 of 1960. L.N. 53/68. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 94/74. L.N. 294/77. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 212/81. L.N. 370/81. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 127/84. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 94/86. L.N. 238/86. L.N. 68/87. L.N. 317/87. Citation and application. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 115/83. L.N. 115/83. (Cap. 139.) Authorized officers. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Licence for operation of a slaughter-house. L.N. 68/87. First Schedule, Form 4. Second Schedule. Prohibition of subletting, transferring, etc. of licence. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Display of licence. Slaughtering of animals for human consumption. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Animals which may be brought into licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s.32(2). Animals to be brought into licensed premises only for slaughter. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Power of authorized officer to refuse to admit animals if insufficient accommodation. L.N. 115/83. Lairages to be provided in licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 115/83. Animals to be admitted into reception lairage. L.N. 43/71. Inspection of animals before admission. L.N. 43/71. Unfit animals to be detained in isolation lairage. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Power of authorized officer to have diseased or injured animals segregated. L.N. 115/83. Animals detained or segregated may be slaughtered. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Examination of carcasses and offal. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Management and staffing of licensed premises. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Time of admission of animals. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Inspection of premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. L.N. 370/81. L.N. 14/83. Water supply. Ablution facilities. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Watering of cattle. Unnecessary suffering to be prevented. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Maintenance of ventilation. Lighting of premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N.89/79. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Maintenance of drainage. Cleanliness of licensed premises, equipment etc. L.N. 115/83. Licensed premised to be kept in good repair, Lime-washing of licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Cleansing after slaughtering. First aid equipment. L.N. 43/71. Prevention of pests. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 89/79. Keeping of animals therein. Dressing of carcass. Removal of hides, offal, etc. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. Collection and removal of blood, etc., and cleansing of vessels used in such collection and removal. Person suffering from infectious disease not allowed in licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. Prohibition of injection of carcass. Council may exclude unauthorized persons from parts of licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prohibition of removal of live animals. L.N. 43/71. Restriction of entry into licensed premises. Intoxication prohibited. Application to licensee to slaughter. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Obedience of orders by users. L.N. 43/71. obstruction of user forbidden. Prohibition of spitting, etc. Prohibition on taking meat etc. to a room containing to toilet. L.N. 115/83. Slaughtering only in part so assigned. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prohibition of interference during slaughter. Settlement of dispute. L.N. 43/71. Provision and cleanliness of instruments and appliances. Authorized officer to mark carcasses and offal fit for human consumption. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Third schedule. Transport of carcasses from the licensed premised to any other place. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Requirements where meat or offal transported. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences in respect of carcasses and offal. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Carcass or offal may be seized and destroyed if offence committed. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Register to be kept by licensee. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. First Schedule, From 5, 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 115/82. Inspection fees. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 294/77. L.N. 212/81. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 127/84. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 238/86. power of public officers to inspect registers. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Suspension or cancellation of licence. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). G.N.A. 100/59. Offences. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 317/87. Penalty. L.N. 317/87. Saving. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 139, sub. leg.) L.N. 68/87. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 68/87. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 89/79.

G.N.A. 86/52. G.N.A. 101/59. G.N.A. 100/59. 30 of 1960. L.N. 53/68. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 94/74. L.N. 294/77. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 212/81. L.N. 370/81. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 127/84. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 94/86. L.N. 238/86. L.N. 68/87. L.N. 317/87. Citation and application. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 115/83. L.N. 115/83. (Cap. 139.) Authorized officers. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Licence for operation of a slaughter-house. L.N. 68/87. First Schedule, Form 4. Second Schedule. Prohibition of subletting, transferring, etc. of licence. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Display of licence. Slaughtering of animals for human consumption. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Animals which may be brought into licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s.32(2). Animals to be brought into licensed premises only for slaughter. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Power of authorized officer to refuse to admit animals if insufficient accommodation. L.N. 115/83. Lairages to be provided in licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 115/83. Animals to be admitted into reception lairage. L.N. 43/71. Inspection of animals before admission. L.N. 43/71. Unfit animals to be detained in isolation lairage. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Power of authorized officer to have diseased or injured animals segregated. L.N. 115/83. Animals detained or segregated may be slaughtered. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Examination of carcasses and offal. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Management and staffing of licensed premises. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Time of admission of animals. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Inspection of premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. L.N. 370/81. L.N. 14/83. Water supply. Ablution facilities. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Watering of cattle. Unnecessary suffering to be prevented. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Maintenance of ventilation. Lighting of premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N.89/79. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Maintenance of drainage. Cleanliness of licensed premises, equipment etc. L.N. 115/83. Licensed premised to be kept in good repair, Lime-washing of licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Cleansing after slaughtering. First aid equipment. L.N. 43/71. Prevention of pests. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 89/79. Keeping of animals therein. Dressing of carcass. Removal of hides, offal, etc. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. Collection and removal of blood, etc., and cleansing of vessels used in such collection and removal. Person suffering from infectious disease not allowed in licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. Prohibition of injection of carcass. Council may exclude unauthorized persons from parts of licensed premises. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prohibition of removal of live animals. L.N. 43/71. Restriction of entry into licensed premises. Intoxication prohibited. Application to licensee to slaughter. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Obedience of orders by users. L.N. 43/71. obstruction of user forbidden. Prohibition of spitting, etc. Prohibition on taking meat etc. to a room containing to toilet. L.N. 115/83. Slaughtering only in part so assigned. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prohibition of interference during slaughter. Settlement of dispute. L.N. 43/71. Provision and cleanliness of instruments and appliances. Authorized officer to mark carcasses and offal fit for human consumption. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Third schedule. Transport of carcasses from the licensed premised to any other place. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Requirements where meat or offal transported. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences in respect of carcasses and offal. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Carcass or offal may be seized and destroyed if offence committed. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Register to be kept by licensee. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. First Schedule, From 5, 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 115/82. Inspection fees. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 294/77. L.N. 212/81. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 127/84. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 238/86. power of public officers to inspect registers. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Suspension or cancellation of licence. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). G.N.A. 100/59. Offences. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 317/87. Penalty. L.N. 317/87. Saving. L.N. 43/71. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 139, sub. leg.) L.N. 68/87. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 115/83. L.N. 68/87. L.N. 43/71. L.N. 89/79.

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