40Unlicensed facilities

40 Unlicensed facilities (1) A person must not operate a meat processing facility of any kind unless the person is licensed to operate that facility. S. 40(2) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 62(1). (2) A person must not sell by retail meat for pet food at a place or vehicle that is not a meat processing facility licensed for that purpose. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the operator of a meat processing facility nominated under section 25(1) or (2) or section 26. S. 40(3A) inserted by No. 40/2019 s. 62(2). (3A) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the meat processing facility solely processes game that is not intended for sale. (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person must not be taken to be the operator of a meat processing facility if the person— (a) is the owner of the premises at which the facility is located; and (b) has granted a lease or licence of those premises as a meat processing facility; and (c) has no interest in the facility otherwise than as a lessor or licensor of the premises; and (d) takes no part in the management of the facility.