Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1953.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1953.
2 Commencement.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation insofar as they relate to turkeys and ducks on the 1st day of February, 1953, and insofar as they relate to domestic fowls on the 1st day of November, 1953.
3 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations :—
the expression " the Act " means the Poultry Hatcheries Act, 1947 (No. 49 of 1947) ;
the word " acquire " includes purchase and also includes acquiring or obtaining by barter, exchange or any other means;
the word " birds " means domestic fowls, turkeys and ducks ;
the word " chickens " means domestic fowls up to the age of eight weeks ;
the word " poults " means turkeys up to the age of eight weeks ;
the word " ducklings " means ducks up to the age of eight weeks ;
the word " pullets " means female domestic fowls between the ages of eight weeks and eighteen months ;
the word " hens " means female domestic fowls of or over the age of eighteen months ;
the expression " supply farm " means an egg supply farm for which a provisional permit is in force.
4 Exemption from Licensing as Poultry Hatcheries.
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paragraphs: Poultry hatcheries of the following classes shall be exempted from subsection (1) of section 8 of the act—
(a) any poultry hatchery the total incubator capacity of which is less than 300 eggs other than such a poultry hatchery which operates as an adjunct of a particular supply farm and engages in the distribution of poultry up to the age of eight weeks by sale or otherwise ;
(b) any poultry hatchery which does not engage in the distribution of poultry up to the age of eight weeks by sale or otherwise ;
(c) any poultry hatchery which the Minister is satisfied is operating for experimental or educational purposes.
5 Prescribed Forms.
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paragraphs: Every application for a poultry hatchery licence or a provisional permit shall be made in each year within such time as may be determined by the Minister and shall be in such one of the Forms set out in Schedule No. 1 to the Principal Regulations as is appropriate to the particular application and shall contain the particulars prescribed by that Form and shall, when duly completed by the applicant, be lodged (together with the appropriate fee) with the Minister at his office in Dublin.
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paragraphs: The records to be kept at every licensed poultry hatchery shall be in the Forms P.H. 2 and P.H. 3 set out in Schedule No. 2 hereto and the entries which shall be made in the said records shall be those indicated in the said Forms and such entries shall—
(a) in the case of Form P.H. 2 be made within twenty-four hours after the hatching of any eggs set for incubation at the hatchery, and
(b) in the case of Form P.H. 3 be made within twenty-four hours after the despatch of any birds from the hatchery.
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paragraphs: —(1) The records to be kept at every supply farm shall be in the Forms S.F. 2, S.F. 3, S.F. 4, S.F. 5, S.F. 6, S.F. 7, and S.F. 8, set out in Schedule No. 3 hereto and the entries which shall be made in the said records shall be those indicated in the said Forms and such entries shall—
(a) in the case of Form S.F. 2 be made on such date as shall be specified on the Form,
(b) in the case of Form S.F. 6 be made daily, and
(c) in the case of Forms S.F. 3, S.F. 4, S.F. 5, S.F. 7, and S.F. 8, be made within twenty-four hours after the occurrence of the events to which they relate.