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Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Offences

138: Presumption as to possession for sale, etc

You could also call this:

"Having animal products at your shop means you're assumed to be selling them unless you can prove otherwise."

If you have animal material or products at your premises where you sell these things, the law assumes you have them to sell. This is true unless you can prove otherwise. You are considered to have them for sale if they are found at your place of business.

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Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Offences

138Presumption as to possession for sale, etc

  1. Where any animal material or animal product is found on or at any premises or place used by any person (other than a dual operator butcher) for the sale of animal material or products, or for the holding or storage of animal material or animal products intended for sale, the animal material or animal product is to be presumed in any proceedings for an offence against this Act to be in the possession of that person for the purposes of sale until the contrary is proved.