S.I. No. 373/2021 - National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 23rd July, 2021.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 20 of, and paragraph 5(5) (as amended by section 4 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply) (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 41 of 1996)) of the Schedule to, the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, 1994 (No. 25 of 1994) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No.455 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

2. The National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) Regulations 1997 (S. I. No. 185 of 1997) are amended by:

(a) substituting for Regulation 4(2) (as amended by the National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 262 of 2018 ), the following-

“(2) (a) The registered producers who have supplied raw milk for heat treatment for liquid consumption to one or more of the following- (i) Glanbia Ireland DAC,

(ii) Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited,

(iii) Aurivo Co-operative Society Limited,

(iv) Glenisk Limited

comprise a constituency and are entitled to elect 3 producer members to the Board of the National Milk Agency, and

(b) The registered producers who have supplied raw milk for heat treatment for liquid consumption to one or more of the following –

(i) The Village Dairy Limited,

(ii) Bainne Codladh Ltd.,

(iii) Arrabawn Co-operative Society Limited,

(iv) Clona Dairy Products Limited,

(v) Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited (as agent for Glanbia Plc),

(vi) Dawn Dairies Limited and Kerry Creameries Limited T/A Kerry Creameries – Dairies,(vii) Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery Limited,

(viii) North Cork Co-operative Creameries Limited,(ix) Centenary Thurles Co-operative Society Limited (Thurles Fresh Milk Limited)

comprise a constituency and are entitled to elect 2 producer members to the Board of the National Milk Agency.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 July, 2021.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to establish constituencies for the election of producer representatives to the National Milk Agency.