Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1956
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General quota variation orders. |
3.—(1) The Minister for Industry and Commerce may, whenever he thinks proper having regard to the expected annual demand for flour and wheaten meal, make a general quota variation order increasing or reducing the quotas for licensed mills by a uniform percentage. | |
(2) A general quota variation order shall apply in respect of the quota year current at the time when it is made and every subsequent quota year, but the Minister for Industry and Commerce may at any time by order revoke a general quota variation order and it shall thereupon not apply in respect of any quota year then current or any subsequent quota year. | ||
(3) Where, as respects a licensed mill, a general quota variation order applies in respect of a quota year, then, in lieu of the existing quota for the mill in respect of that year, that quota as increased or reduced in accordance with the general quota variation order shall be in force. | ||
(4) In subsection (3) of this section, the reference to the existing quota for a mill in respect of a year shall be construed as a reference to the quota which, apart from the general quota variation order, would be in force for that mill in respect of that year by virtue of the relevant order made (whether before or after the making of the general quota variation order) under subsection (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of section 26 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933). | ||
(5) Before making an order under this section, the Minister for Industry and Commerce shall consult with the Milling Advisory Committee. |