§ (1) The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (in this Act referred to as the Board) shall have power to grant, revoke and suspend licences for the purposes of this Act.
§ (2) The Board shall, on application being made in the prescribed manner, and on compliance with the prescribed conditions as to inspection and examination, grant to the owner of any stallion a licence in the prescribed form in respect of the stallion on payment of such fee (not exceeding one guinea) as may be prescribed:
§ Provided that the Board may refuse to grant a licence and may revoke or suspend a licence in respect of a stallion if it appears to the Board that the stallion—
- (a) is affected with any contagious or infectious disease;
- (b) is affected with any other disease or defect prescribed as a disease or defect rendering the stallion unsuitable for service of mares; or
- (c) has proved to be inadequately prolific; or
- (d) is calculated if used for stud purposes, to- injure the breed of horses.
§ Amendment proposed [13th, May], to leave out paragraphs (c) and (d).
§ Question, "That the words proposed to-be left out stand part of the Clause," put, and agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.