Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936

Obligation to supply turf obtained from an approved source.

16.—(1) All turf sold and delivered by a coal retailer in pursuance of the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf shall be turf obtained by such coal retailer from an approved source, and the sale and delivery by a coal retailer of turf obtained from a person who is not for the time being an approved source shall not be or be reckoned as a sale and delivery in pursuance of the said provisions of this Act.

(2) Every coal retailer who, in pretended compliance with the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf, sells and delivers to a purchaser any turf which was not obtained by such coal retailer from an approved source shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding the sum of one pound for every ton or part of a ton of turf so sold and delivered.

(3) Every person who, in pretended compliance with the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf, purchases and takes from a coal retailer any turf which was, to the actual knowledge of such person, not obtained by such coal retailer from an approved source shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one pound for every ton or part of a ton of turf so purchased and taken.

(4) Nothing in this section shall operate to impose on a purchaser of turf from a coal retailer in pursuance of the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf any obligation to make inquiry as to the source from which such coal retailer obtained such turf or operate to impute to such purchaser constructive or other notice of such source.