Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936

Constitution of boards for joint districts.

8.—(1) Whenever a milk (joint district) order is made there shall be established, as on and from the day on which such order comes into force, a board for the joint district to which such order relates, to be called and known by such name as the Minister shall specify in such order, to fulfil in relation to such district the functions assigned to it by this Part of this Act, and references in this Part of this Act to a board and the board for a joint district shall be construed as references to a board established under this section and to the board established under this section for such joint district, respectively.

(2) Every board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal (which shall be judicially noticed) and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to hold and dispose of land.

(3) Every board for a joint district shall consist of the following number of members, namely—

(a) a chairman (in this Part of this Act referred to as the chairman of such board), and

(b) until the day of entry on office of first elected members in respect of such district, a number of ordinary members equal to the sum of the appropriate number of producer members, the appropriate number of retailer members and the appropriate number of wholesaler members (if any), and

(c) on and after the day of entry on office of first elected members in respect of such district, the following ordinary members, namely—

(i) the appropriate number of producer members, and

(ii) the appropriate number of retailer members, and

(iii) if, but only if, the milk (joint district) order which relates to such district declares that such board shall include any wholesaler members, the appropriate number of wholesaler members.