Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Act, 1932

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Recovery of levies.

18.—(1) Every levy required by this Act to be paid by any person to the Minister shall be a debt due and payable by such person to the Minister, and in case such levy or any part thereof remains unpaid after the last date specified in this Act for the payment of such levy, such levy or part may be recovered from such person by the Minister as a simple contract debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) In any proceedings under this section to recover the amount of a levy or part of a levy from any person a certificate under the seal of the Minister certifying that such amount is due by such person shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.

(3) This section shall not apply to a levy payable under the provisions of this Act relating to a levy on butter held in stock on the 21st day of April, 1932.