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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (MEAT REGULATION AND PIG INDUSTRY) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 15

Records and returns.

15.(1) Every holder of a meat shipping licence shall keep such records and
furnish such returns and other information as may be prescribed in relation to
meat sent by him [out of Northern Ireland]...

(2) Every licensed bacon curer and every other producer of pig products shall
keep such records and furnish such returns and other information as may be
prescribed, in relation to

(a)his purchases and sales of pigs; and

(b)his production and sales of pig products;

(3) If the holder of a meat shipping licence or a licensed bacon curer or
other producer of pig products wilfully makes default in complying with this
section, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

(4) An individual return or part of a return furnished in pursuance of this
section shall not be disclosed without the authority of the person by whom the
return was made, except

(a)in so far as the disclosure is required for the purposes of a prosecution
or other legal proceedings under this Act; or

(b)in so far as the disclosure is required or authorised by this Act or
regulations made thereunder; [or

(c)to a Department of the Government of Northern Ireland or of the United
Kingdom.]

(5) Any person who, in contravention of this section, discloses any
information obtained by him in the exercise of any power conferred on him or
on the Ministry by or under this Act shall be guilty of an offence under
this Act.

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