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Retailer's notice.
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47.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Minister to serve or cause to be served on any person who carries on or is about to carry on the business (in this section referred to as the business to which this section relates) of selling by retail eggs purchased from registered wholesalers or from producers or from registered wholesalers only or from producers only a notice (in this Act referred to as a retailer's notice) in the prescribed form requiring such person to apply in accordance with this Act and the regulations made thereunder to the Minister within the time (not less than twenty-one days from the service of such notice) specified in that behalf in such notice for the registration in the register of retailers of such person and the premises in which he carries on or is about to carry on the said business.
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(2) Whenever a retailer's notice has been served under this section, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) the person on whom such notice was served shall, within the time specified in that behalf in such notice, apply to the Minister in accordance with this Act for such registration in the register of retailers as is specified in such notice;
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(b) if such person duly applies in accordance with this section for registration in the register of retailers, the Minister shall register in that register such person and the remises in which he carries on or proposes to carry on the business to which this section relates;
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(c) if such person does not duly apply in accordance with this section for such registration as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for such person to carry on, after the expiration of the time within which such application is required by this section to be made, the business to which this section relates.
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(3) If any person carries on in contravention of this section the business to which this section relates such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds together with a further fine not exceeding five pounds for every day on which such business is so carried on.
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