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Levies on imported butter held by registered proprietors of creameries.
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3.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order declare—
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(a) that a specified date (in this subsection referred to as the appointed date) shall be the appointed date for the purposes of the order, and
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(b) that there shall be paid to the Minister by every registered proprietor of a creamery a levy, at the rate specified in the order, on all imported butter held by or on behalf of such proprietor on the appointed date.
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(2) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall have the force of law.
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(3) Every levy under this section shall become due and payable on the seventh day after the date declared by the order imposing the levy to be the appointed date for the purposes of the order.
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(4) Sections 21 and 23 of the Principal Act shall apply in respect of any levy under this section with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:
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(a) references in those sections to Part III of the Principal Act shall be construed as references to this section,
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(b) references to a levy month shall be construed as references to the date which is declared by the order imposing the levy to be the appointed date for the purposes of the order.
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(5) All moneys from time to time received by the Minister on foot of any levy under this section shall be paid into the dairy produce (price stabilisation) fund.
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