Dairy Produce Act, 1931

PART II.

Collection and Publication of Information in Relation to Butter Held in Stock.

Records of butter in stock.

3.—(1) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Part of this Act referred to as a records notice) on a registered proprietor requiring such proprietor to keep on the registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor such records as the Minister shall specify in such notice of all butter manufactured, acquired or disposed of by him.

(2) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Part of this Act also referred to as a records notice) on a butter trader requiring such trader to keep on the premises where he carries on the business of butter trader such records as the Minister shall specify in such notice of all butter acquired or disposed of by him.

(3) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Part of this Act also referred to as a records notice) on a warehouseman requiring such warehouseman to keep on the premises where he carries on the business of warehouseman such records as the Minister shall specify in such notice of all butter put into or taken out of the said premises.

(4) Whenever a notice has been served under this section on any person, it shall be the duty of such person to keep such records as he is required by such notice to keep.

(5) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at all reasonable times by an inspector, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for the inspection of such inspector on demand such record and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by such inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such record.

(6) If any person—

(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such record as is required by this section to be kept or caused to be kept by him, or

(b) fails to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an inspector on demand any record, document, or copy of a document which he is required by this section to produce or obstructs any inspector in the making of such inspection, or

(c) wilfully or negligently makes or causes to be made in such record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,

he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

(7) For the purposes of this section—

(a) inspection of a record or document shall include taking copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and

(b) the word “inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector by this section.