Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934

Compulsory sale orders.

80.—(1) Where—

(a) a returns (wheaten flour) order is made, and

(b) the Minister is satisfied that any person (other than a registered flour importer or a holder of a milling licence) had, on the day on which such order was made, in his possession or at his disposal any quantity of wheaten flour exceeding twenty-eight thousand pounds,

the Minister may, not later than twenty days after the publication of such returns (wheaten flour) order in the Iris Oifigiúil, serve an order (in this Part of this Act referred to as a compulsory sale order) on such person and on such other person, being the holder of a milling licence, as the Minister may select, requiring such first-mentioned person to sell to such other person and such other person to purchase from such first-mentioned person within a specified time a specified amount of wheaten flour, not greater than such excess, at such price and subject to such conditions as to carriage and delivery as the Minister may fix and specify in such compulsory sale order.

(2) In this Part of this Act the expressions “the vendor” and “the purchaser” in relation to a compulsory sale order mean respectively the person required by such order to sell and the person required by such order to purchase the wheaten flour to which such order relates.