Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1926 (c. 21)

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act an auctioneer shall not offer for sale in any market, fair, or mart, in or near which a weighing machine is provided for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the principal Acts, any cattle which are fit for immediate slaughter unless they have been weighed on the weighing machine and their weight as so ascertained is disclosed to intending purchasers at the time of the offer for sale, either by announcement made by the auctioneer or in some other manner calculated to bring it to their notice. (2) Any auctioneer who offers for sale any cattle in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ F1 level 1 on the standard scale ] for each head of cattle so offered for sale. (3) In this section the expression “ cattle ” means bulls, cows, oxen and heifers. (4) The Minister may by order declare that the foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply as respects any market, fair or mart. Textual Amendments F1 Words 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 Modifications etc. (not altering text) C1 S. 1 extended (E.W. except City of London and Temples) by Food and Drugs Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 16) , s. 56(2) C2 Power to extend S. 1(4) conferred by Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22) , s. 4(1)(a) C3 S. 1 modified (E.W.) by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1) , s. 57(2)

. . . F2 [ F3 the power of the Minister under [ F4 section 9 of the M1 Act of 1887 ] to exempt any market or fair from the requirements of that Act as to the provision and maintenance of facilities for weighing cattle, and ] the power of the Minister under section four of the M2 Act of 1891 to exempt an auctioneer from the requirements of that section in respect of the sale of cattle at a mart, may be exercised [ F3 respectively ] with respect to any market or fair and with respect to any auctioneer where the circumstances are in the opinion of the Minister such as to render the enforcement of those requirements inexpedient. Textual Amendments F2 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10) , Sch. Pt. II F3 Words repealed (E.W.) as respects (a) any local authority outside London which was a market authority for purposes of Food and Drugs Act 1938 (c. 56) by ibid., Sch. 4 Pt.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 F4 Words substituted by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10) , s. 1(2) Marginal Citations M1 1887 c. 27 . M2 1891 c. 70 .