Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956

Prohibition of bottling of milk under general designation by unlicensed persons.

5.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to bottle milk for sale under a general designation, within the meaning of section 38 of the Principal Act, unless such person is the holder of a licence (in this Act referred to as a general designation bottling licence) for the time being in force to bottle milk for sale under a general designation and the bottling is effected by the method specified in the regulations made under section 6 of this Act.

(2) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and in either case, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues.