Offences by butchers and butchers’ assistants

Any licensed butcher or butcher’s assistant who– (a) in the opinion of the Council has ill-treated or used unnecessary cruelty to an animal while being slaughtered or has ill-treated an animal intended for slaughter; or (b) neglects or refuses to provide an animal with an adequate supply of drinking water while enclosed or secured in the Slaughter house yard 348 Town Councils or other place appointed by the Council preparatory to slaughter by him; or (c) is guilty of uncleanliness or disorderly, obstructive, mischievous, or unseemly behaviour in or at the Market or Slaughter house or in the yards or precincts thereof; or (d) neglects or refuses to obtain a food handler’s certificate or to renew it when it expires or fails or refuses to produce such certificate when so requested by the Clerk of the Slaughter house, Town Administrator, Clerk of the Markets, a medical officer, veterinary officer, or health officer, shall be guilty of an offence against these By-Laws.