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[接上页] (2) A licence shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be imposed by the Director under section 125(1) of the Ordinance. (3) A licence shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of issue and may be renewed upon payment of the prescribed fee according to the maximum number of animals permitted to be slaughtered in the premises. (4) Where the Director is satisfied that a licence is lost or destroyed, the Director may upon payment of the prescribed fee issue a duplicate. (Enacted 1991; L.N. 110 of 1995; 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BU s 10 Application for licence other than on renewal (1) Every application for a licence shall be made in writing and be accompanied by 3 sets of plans, as nearly as may be to scale, of the whole of the premises to which the licence will relate and such plan shall include such particulars and shall be accompanied by such further particulars as may be required by the Director. (2) Every set of plans, or any modification thereof, which is approved by the Director, shall be endorsed to that effect by the Director and one set shall be returned to the applicant and the remaining 2 sets shall be retained by the Director. (3) No licence shall be issued to an applicant until the Director is satisfied that the premises to which the application relates conform to the plans approved under subsection (2). (Enacted 1991. 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BU s 11 Restriction on alteration of premises After the issue or renewal of a licence, no licensee shall, without the written consent of the Director, make or cause or permit to be made in respect of the premises to which the licence relates, any alteration or addition which would result in a material deviation from the plans approved under section 10(2). (Enacted 1991. 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BU s 12 Restriction on admission Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 59 of 2000 s. 3 PART III ADMISSION OF ANIMALS (1) No person shall bring into or keep in any licensed slaughterhouse- (a) any animal other than a food animal; (b) any food animal for any purpose other than for slaughter for human consumption, except with the consent of an authorized officer; and (c) any carcass except as provided in subsection (2).(2) A person may bring a carcass into a licensed slaughterhouse for examination under section 21(1) if- (a) the carcass has been bled; and (b) it is accompanied by a certificate from an authorized officer and, in the case of soliped sent in by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, by a Veterinary Officer appointed by that Club, stating- (59 of 2000 s. 3) (i) the exact time and date of killing and bleeding; (ii) the reason for the slaughter of the food animal; (iii) that, to his knowledge, the food animal was not slaughtered by reason of disease or is not for any other cause unfit for human consumption; and (iv) that, to his knowledge, no drug which could affect the fitness of the carcass (including the offal) for human consumption was administered to the food animal before it was slaughtered. (Enacted 1991. 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BU s 13 Admission form to be completed A licensee shall report to an authorized officer on a daily basis the details of food animals and carcasses brought into his licensed slaughterhouse by completing a form as set out in Schedule 4. (Enacted 1991) Cap 132BU s 14 Refusal of food animal admission (1) An authorized officer may refuse, or direct the licensee to refuse, to admit a food animal to a licensed slaughterhouse if in his opinion there is insufficient accommodation available in the licensed slaughterhouse for the food animal. (2) No licensee shall, except in accordance with subsection (1) or where there is other lawful excuse, refuse the admission of a food animal into a licensed slaughterhouse for slaughter. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (3) No licensee shall refuse admission of a food animal solely on account of its place of origin. (Enacted 1991) Cap 132BU s 15 Power of authorized officer to examine and cause segregation of food animals (1) The Director may require any food animal admitted to a licensed slaughterhouse to be examined by an authorized officer. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (2) If an authorized officer has reason to believe that a food animal admitted to a licensed slaughterhouse is suffering from disease, contamination or injury, he may direct the licensee to segregate the food animal from the other food animals and detain it in an isolation lairage of the licensed slaughterhouse. (3) No person shall remove any food animal from the isolation lairage of a licensed slaughterhouse without the permission of an authorized officer. (Enacted 1991) Cap 132BU s 16 Segregated food animals may be slaughtered (1) An authorized officer may cause a food animal which has been segregated under section 15 to be slaughtered in isolation. (2) Where a food animal is slaughtered under subsection (1), the authorized officer shall notify the licensee or his manager of the slaughter and the licensee or his manager shall inform the owner of the food animal. |