Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1887

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1887 c. 27


Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1887

(50 & 51 Vict.) CHAPTER 27.

An Act to amend the Law with respect to weighing Cattle in Markets and Fairs.

[8th August 1887]

W HEREAS it is expedient to afford the like facilities for weighing cattle in markets and fairs as are afforded for weighing goods and carts under the Markets and Fairs Clauses Act, 1847, in markets and fairs to which that Act applies:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Short title.

1 Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as theMarkets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1887.

S-2 Application of Act.

2 Application of Act.

2. This Act, save as is herein-after provided, shall apply to all markets and fairs in which tolls are for the time being authorised to be taken and actually are taken in respect of cattle by any company, corporation, or person; and every such company, corporation, or person is in this Act called ‘the market authority.’

S-3 Interpretation.

3 Interpretation.

3. In this Act the word ‘cattle’ includes ram, ewe, wether, lamb, and swine.

S-4 Accommodation for weighing cattle to be provided.

4 Accommodation for weighing cattle to be provided.

4. In or near to every market or fair to which this Act applies, the market authority shall provide and maintain sufficient and proper buildings or places for weighing cattle brought for sale within the market or fair, and shall keep therein or near thereto weighing machines and weights for the purpose of weighing cattle, and shall appoint proper persons to have charge of such machines and weights, and to afford the use of such machines and weights to the public for weighing cattle as may be from time to time required.

The market authority shall have the accuracy of such weighing machines and weights tested at least twice in every year by the local inspector of weights and measures of and for the county, borough, or place where the market is situate, and the cost of such testing shall be borne by such market authority.

If the market authority fail to comply with the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for them to demand, receive, or recover any toll whatever in respect of any cattle brought to the market or fair for sale so long as such failure continues, but this enactment shall not apply till after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

Any person who demands or receives any toll in respect of cattle in any market or fair to which for the time being this Act applies, but in which the market authority have not complied with the provisions of this Act, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

S-5 Cattle to be weighed at option of seller or buyer.

5 Cattle to be weighed at option of seller or buyer.

5. Every person selling, offering for sale, or buying any cattle in a market or fair provided with accommodation for weighing cattle may require such cattle to be weighed, and the tolls payable in respect of the weighing shall be paid by the person requiring the cattle to be weighed to the person authorised by the market authority to receive the tolls.

S-6 Penalty for refusal to weigh cattle or...

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