Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1952

Powers of boards to engage in business of selling milk.

4.—(1) The board for a joint district with the consent of the Minister may, within and without the joint district, engage in the business of selling milk and for that purpose may purchase, prepare and sell milk and milk products, acquire premises and equipment, establish depôts for the sale of milk and milk products, accumulate and maintain a reserve of dried and condensed milk and milk containers and do all such things as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying on such business.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board for a joint district shall not at any time engage in the business of selling milk unless, in the opinion of the Minister, there is or is likely to be either a surplus or a shortage of milk in the joint district.

(3) Section 44 of the Act of 1936 shall not apply to the sale of milk to a board.

(4) Section 25 of the Act of 1941 shall not apply to the purchase of milk by a board.