Application for grant of licences

(1) Subject to this Part, the Minister, on receiving from the occupier of, or a person proposing to occupy, any premises on application for the grant or renewal of a licence authorising him to keep those premises as a slaughterhouse or as a knacker’s yard, may grant or renew to him a licence in respect of those (2) The Minister shall not grant or renew a licence for the premises named in the application until the buildings, equipment and facilities (for hygiene) have been inspected and examined by the authorised officer and are found to be satisfactory in compliance with the regulations and a report in writing is made to the Minister accordingly. (3) Where any premises used or to be used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard are situated outside the curtilage of the premises used or to be used for the slaughter, separate licences may be granted under this Part authorising the use of those premises for the purposes of the confinement and the slaughter respectively. (4) The Minister may require a person who applies for a grant or renewal of a licence under this Part to give to him, before his application is considered, information as to any other licence in respect of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard which he holds or has held; and if an applicant who is so required gives to the Minister any information which is false in a material respect, he commits an offence. (5) In the case of an application for the construction of new premises for use as a slaughterhouse or a knacker’s yard or the modification thereof, the person proposing to construct or modify such premises shall submit an application and plans of the proposed premises and of the site to the Minister. Such plans of the premises shall show the layout of the rooms and their functions, the provision for the drainage, water supply, hygiene facilities, toilet facilities and rest rooms and facilities for handling and treatment of officials as required by the Act and regulations. Further, the site plan shall show the location of buildings, location of lairage for the animals, the location of drainage, grease catchment basins and the like, the location of wells and/or water supplies and access roads. Provided that no licence shall be granted or renewed under this section if the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard will constitute an environmental hazard or nuisance to the residents of the area.