Milk and Dairies Act, 1935

Rectification and cancellation of registration.

27.—(1) A sanitary authority may at any time alter or cancel any entry in the register of dairymen kept by them upon the application in writing of the person in respect of whose registration such entry was made or, where such person is an individual, of his personal representative or, where such person is a body corporate, of the liquidator.

(2) A sanitary authority may at any time, without such application as aforesaid, cancel the registration of any person in the register of dairymen kept by them if such sanitary authority are satisfied that such person, if an individual, has died, or if a body corporate, has been dissolved and no other person has within one month after such death or dissolution been registered in place of the person so dead or dissolved.

(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5) of this section, a sanitary authority may at any time, without such application as aforesaid, cancel the registration of any person in the register of dairymen kept by them if such sanitary authority are satisfied—

(a) in case such person is registered in respect of one set of premises only, that such person has ceased to carry on the business of dairyman at such set of premises,

(b) in case such person is registered in respect of two or more sets of premises, that such person has ceased to carry on the business of dairyman at all such sets of premises.

(4) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section, where a person is registered in the register of dairymen kept by a sanitary authority, in respect of two or more sets of premises, such sanitary authority may, at any time, without such application as aforesaid, if satisfied that such person has ceased to carry on the business of dairyman at any one of such sets of premises, cancel the registration of such person in respect of the set of premises at which he has ceased to carry on such business.

(5) A sanitary authority shall, before exercising, in relation to any person registered in the register of dairymen kept by them, the powers conferred on them by sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of this section, serve on such person at least fourteen days' notice of their intention to exercise such powers.