Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1941
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Amendment of section 6 of the Principal Act. |
3.—(1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | |
(a) by the deletion in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of the said section of the words “which may or may not include the whole or any” now contained therein and the substitution therefor of the words “which shall either be co-terminous with or include a”, and | ||
(b) by the deletion in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of the said section of the words “a retailer and a wholesaler respectively” now contained therein and the substitution therefor of the words “a wholesaler”, and | ||
(c) by the insertion in paragraph (e) of sub-section (1) of the said section of the following clause in lieu of clause (ii) now contained therein, that is to say:— | ||
“(ii) such board shall consist of a specified number of producer members and a specified number of retailer members,” and | ||
(d) by the deletion in sub-section (4) of the said section of the words “the expression ‘retailer’ when used in relation to a sale district means a person who is a retailer as defined in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such sale district;”. | ||
(2) So much of sub-section (4) of section 6 of the Principal Act as defines the expressions “the associated sale district” and “the associated production district” is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that in the Principal Act and this Act— | ||
(a) the expression “the associated sale district” shall mean— | ||
(i) when used in relation to a production district, the sale district which is co-terminous with or forms part of such production district, and | ||
(ii) when used in relation to a joint district, the sale district which is co-terminous with or forms part of such joint district, | ||
(b) the expression “the associated production district” shall mean— | ||
(i) when used in relation to a sale district, the production district which is co-terminous with or includes such sale district, | ||
(ii) when used in relation to a joint district, the production district which is co-terminous with such joint district. | ||
(3) Whenever the Minister makes an order (in this sub-section referred to as the revocation order) under sub-section (3) of section 6 of the Principal Act, revoking a milk (joint district) order, the Minister shall by the revocation order fix the date on which it is to come into operation and the date so fixed shall not be earlier than the fourteenth day after the date on which the revocation order is made. |