Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956

Milk kept in certain establishments.

8.—(1) The Minister for Agriculture may by regulations specify the class or classes of establishments to which this section applies.

(2) For the purposes of the Principal Act and of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder—

(a) milk kept for human consumption in an establishment of a class to which this section applies shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to be kept therein for sale for human consumption,

(b) where any such milk is consumed in any such establishment by any person, it shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been sold for human consumption,

(c) in any prosecution for an offence under any section of the Principal Act or of this Act in relation to any such milk, the milk shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been kept for human consumption in such establishment.

(3) In this section “establishment” means—

(a) any school or college,

(b) any hospital, sanatorium, preventorium, nursing home, convalescent home, or similar establishment,

(c) any hotel, restaurant, club, guest house, boarding house, holiday camp, hostel or similar establishment.