Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

Applications for registration.

18.—(1) Every application for the registration of premises in a register kept in pursuance of this Act (other than the register of retailers) shall be made by the proprietor of such premises in writing in the prescribed form and manner and shall contain the prescribed particulars.

(2) Whenever an application is made under this section for the registration of any premises, the Minister shall cause such premises to be inspected by an inspector.

(3) Where an application under this section for the registration of any premises is refused by the Minister, the reasons for the refusal shall be stated to the applicant.

(4) The refusal of an application under this section for the registration of premises shall not prevent the making under this section of a fresh application for the registration of the same premises at any subsequent time.

(5) Whenever an application is made under this section for the registration of premises in a register, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, register such premises in the said register before they have been inspected in pursuance of this section, and wherever the Minister so registers any premises the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) such registration shall be provisional only and is in this Act referred to as provisional registration;

(b) such registration shall not relieve the Minister from the obligation to cause such premises to be inspected by an inspector, save that such inspection may take place after such registration;

(c) such registration shall not prejudice or affect the power of the Minister to grant or to refuse the said application for the registration of the said premises;

(d) if and when the Minister grants the said application, the said provisional registration shall cease to be provisional;

(e) if and when the Minister refuses the said application, the said provisional registration shall be cancelled;

(f) whenever and so long as any premises are provisionally registered in a register, such premises shall, subject to the foregoing paragraphs of this sub-section, be deemed for all the purposes of this Act to be premises registered in such register and the person who is so registered as the proprietor thereof shall, subject as aforesaid, be deemed for the said purposes to be the registered proprietor of the said premises.