Bacon Export Subsidy (No. 1) Order, 1961.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Bacon Export Subsidy (No. 1) Order, 1961.
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paragraphs: This Order shall apply only to bacon exported by a Licensee which was produced on the premises to which the Licensee's licence relates. For the purposes of this Order the bacon to which the Order applies shall be divided into Five Classes—
Class I shall mean bacon of the quality and description defined in Article 3 hereof as " Extra Selected " bacon.
Class II shall mean bacon (other than bacon exported as ships' stores) of the quality and description defined in Article 4 hereof as being Grade "A" bacon.
Class III shall mean pre-packaged bacon, that is, bacon packaged in lots weighing not more than 5 lb. marketed in a condition suitable for sale direct to the consumer without further processing, slicing or cutting and derived from bacon of the quality and description defined in Article 4 hereof as Grade "A" bacon.
Class IV shall mean bacon exported as ships' stores, of the quality and description defined in Article 4 hereof as Grade "A" bacon.
Class V shall mean all other bacon not falling within Class I, or Class II or Class III or Class IV.
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paragraphs: In this Order " Extra Selected " bacon means—
(a) Wiltshire sides cut and trimmed according to good trade practice, of an ex-factory net weight of not less than 49 lb. and not more than 65 lb. of a quality and in a condition suitable for the best retail trade and conforming to the following measurements of the exterior back fat including rind, viz :
Point of Measurement
Maximum Measurement.
(i) Where the back fat is widest on the shoulder.
1 and ¾th inches.
(ii) At the top of the muscle which curves out over the loin into the fat.
1 and 1/16th inches.
(iii) The centre of the middle (i.e., midway between points i and ii) and for two and three-quarter inches on either side of the point of measurement.
1 and 1/16th inches.
Minimum Measurement.
(iv) The centre of the middle (i.e., midway between points i and ii) and for two and three-quarter inches on either side of the point of measurement.
5/8th inch.
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paragraphs: In this Order Grade "A" bacon means—
(a) Wiltshire sides cut and trimmed according to good trade practice, of an ex-factory net weight of not less than 49 lb. and not more than 65 lb. of a quality and in a condition suitable for the best retail trade and conforming to the following measurements of the exterior back fat including rind, viz :
Point of Measurement.
Maximum Measurement.
(i) Where the back fat is widest on the shoulder.
2 inches.
(ii) At the top of the muscle which curves out over the loin into the fat.
1 and 3/16th inches.
(iii) The centre of the middle (i.e., midway between points i and ii) and for two and three-quarter inches on either side of the point of measurement.
1 and 3/16th inches.
Minimum Measurement.
(iv) The centre of the middle (i.e., midway between points i and ii) and for two and three-quarter inches on either side of the point of measurement.
5/8th inch.
(b) Backs, Middles, Shoulderless Sides and Spencers (Gammonless Sides) derived from Wiltshire sides of the quality defined in the immediately preceding sub-paragraph cut and trimmed according to good trade practice, of a quality and in a condition suitable for the best retail trade.
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paragraphs: Subject as hereinafter provided every Licensee who exports bacon of any Class to which this Order applies shall be paid a subsidy at the rate hereinafter specified appropriate to bacon to such Class.
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paragraphs: (a) In respect of Class I bacon exported during any period specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order the rate of subsidy shall be as set out in the second column of the Schedule opposite the mention of the period.