Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1961

Register of manufacturers.

3.—(1) Section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after paragraph (c) of the following paragraph:

“(cc) a register to be called and known and in this Act referred to as the register of manufacturers, and”.

(2) The Principal Act shall apply and have effect in relation to premises registered, or in respect of which an application has been made for registration, in the register of manufacturers subject to the following modifications:

(i) “the register of manufacturers,” shall be inserted before “or the register of dealers” in section 17,

(ii) the condition specified in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 19 shall apply only in relation to premises in which eggs are stored,

(iii) paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of the said section 19 shall not apply,

(iv) paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section 23 shall not apply,

(v) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (d) in subsection (1) of section 25, namely:

“(dd) the returns to be made by registered proprietors of premises registered in the register of manufacturers;”, and

(vi) regulations made under section 52 shall not apply.

(3) The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect in relation to a registered proprietor of premises registered in the register of manufacturers as if—

(i) “registered proprietor of premises registered in the register of manufacturers” were substituted for “registered dealer” in both places where it occurs in section 16 and “manufacturers” were substituted for “dealers” in both places where it occurs in that section, and

(ii) section 52 provided that regulations under that section were not to apply.