Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

Saving for fees under a repealed Act.

11.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924 (No. 35 of 1924), an annual fee under section 9 of that Act shall be payable in respect of the period beginning on the 1st day of January next before the commencement of this Act and ending on the day before such commencement by the registered proprietor (within the meaning of the said section 9) of every premises which are registered in the register of exporters under that Act during the whole or any part of the said period.

(2) Every fee payable by virtue of the next preceding sub-section of this section shall—

(a) be payable to the Minister, and

(b) be calculated in accordance with section 9 of the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924 , as if the period mentioned in the said next preceding sub-section were a year, and

(c) shall become due immediately upon the commencement of this Act and shall be paid not later than one month after such commencement, and

(d) may be recovered by the Minister from the person by whom it is payable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Every annual fee which became due under section 9 of the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924 , on the 31st day of December next preceding the commencement of this Act shall, if not paid before such commencement, be payable in accordance with the said section 9 (notwithstanding the repeal thereof by this Act) and shall be recoverable by the Minister from the person by whom it is payable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) Sub-sections (5) and (6) of section 9 of the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924 , shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act by this Act, continue in force for the purposes of all fees which are, by virtue of this section, payable under the said section 9 after the commencement of this Act.