Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1936

Amendment of section 10 of the Amending Act of 1935.

14.—(1) Where—

(a) the holder of a milling licence has, in pursuance of an order made under section 10 of the Amending Act of 1935, purchased and taken into store before the end of any month specified in such order in any cereal year any home-grown wheat, and

(b) such holder before the end of such month disposes (otherwise than by milling or than by sale or disposal for seed under and in accordance with a licence granted under section 17 of the Amending Act of 1935) of any home-grown wheat,

the amount of home-grown wheat purchased and taken into store by him in such month shall, for the purposes of the said section 10 , be deemed to be reduced by an amount equal to the amount so disposed of by him.

(2) Where any home-grown wheat is purchased by the holder of a milling licence, the amount so purchased by him shall, for the purpose of section 10 of the Amending Act of 1935, be taken to be the actual weight of such home-grown wheat at the time of purchase.

(3) Sub-section (4) of section 10 of the Amending Act of 1935 is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—

(a) by the insertion of the words “in respect of any month in a cereal year” after the words “has become liable” now contained in the said sub-section, and

(b) by the insertion at the end of the said sub-section of the words “or, in case the quota for the mill to which such licence relates for such cereal year does not exceed ten thousand barrels, any part of such liability”.

(4) Sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Amending Act of 1935 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “by order made” now contained therein.