I move amendment No. 36 :—
In sub-section (1), paragraph (c), to delete all the words after the words " first-mentioned premises " in line 46.
This provides for the reception of bacon into a licensed premises. Paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) purports to deal with bacon that has been sent out and returned to the factory by the consignee. It reads as follows :—
On and after the appointed day it shall not be lawful for any bacon to be received into any licensed premises (in this sub-section referred to as the first-mentioned premises) except bacon which was produced in the first-mentioned or some other licensed premises and . . . was consigned from the first-mentioned premises and is returned to those premises by the person to whom it had been consigned from those premises.
I cannot see the necessity for the words " and is returned to those premises by the person to whom it had been consigned from those premises." Let us suppose that a situation arises, such as Deputy McGovern has described, in which a customer buys a side of John Doe's bacon, John Doe being a licensed curer. John Doe dispatched the bacon to a wholesaler, the wholesaler sent it to a retailer, and the retailer sold it to a consumer. The bacon has gone wrong on the consumer's hands. The factory would be very glad to have that bacon sent back direct to it by the consumer in order to vindicate its good name. In that case, it could go straight back to the factory and the factory would see at the earliest possible moment what went wrong with it. We have provided quite clearly that the bacon cannot be taken back unless it was consigned from the first-mentioned premises. Why is it necessary to say that it must be returned by the person to whom it was consigned ?
