Flax Act, 1936

Area to which this Act applies.

2.—(1) The Minister shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act make an order (in this Act referred to as the principal flax area order) appointing the area to which this Act shall apply.

(2) The Minister may at any time at his discretion by order (in this Act referred to as an amending flax area order) alter, whether by addition or subtraction or both addition and subtraction, as on and from a specified day not less than fourteen days after the date of such order, the area to which this Act applies.

(3) The area to which this Act applies may, as the Minister shall think proper, be one continuous area or be two or more separate non-contiguous areas.

(4) In this Act (including this section) the expression “the area to which this Act applies” means the area to which this Act for the time being applies by virtue of the principal flax area order and every, if any, amending flax area order for the time being in force.