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Special licence to export potatoes.
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28.—(1) Upon the application of any person who desires to export a particular consignment of potatoes grown by himself, upon payment to the Minister by such person of the fee chargeable under this section, and after inspection of such consignment by an inspector, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, grant to such person a licence (in this Part of this Act referred to as a special licence) in the prescribed form, to export such consignment subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Minister and specified in such licence.
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(2) A fee shall be charged under this section for every special licence granted under this section calculated by reference to the number of tons of potatoes in the consignment to which such licence relates at such rate (not exceeding six shillings for a ton) as may be prescribed.
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(3) A special licence granted under this section shall operate to authorise the person to whom the same is granted to export, in accordance with the terms of such licence, the consignment of potatoes specified therein.
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(4) The Minister may at any time before a consignment of potatoes specified in a special licence is actually exported without assigning any reason, revoke the special licence relating to such consignment and return the fee paid upon the application for such licence.
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(5) For the purpose of calculating the amount of any fee chargeable under this section for the granting of a special licence the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) any reference in this section to the weight of potatoes shall be deemed a reference to the weight of such potatoes and of the packages in which they are contained;
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(b) where the weight of the potatoes in any consignment is less than one ton, the weight of such potatoes shall be deemed to be one ton;
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(c) where the weight of potatoes in any consignment exceeds a ton or exceeds any complete number of tons such excess shall be deemed to be a ton.
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(6) Every person to whom a special licence has been granted under this section who contravenes any of the terms or conditions contained in such licence, and every person (whether holding or not holding a special licence) who falsely represents by means of a mark on any consignment of potatoes that such consignment of potatoes is being exported under a special licence granted under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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