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Definitions.
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1.—In this Act—
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“authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act;
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“compound feeding stuff” means (subject to any exceptions which may be prescribed) any feeding stuff which is a mixture of two or more articles at least one of which is a feeding stuff;
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“feeding stuff” means (subject to any exceptions which may be prescribed) any article manufactured for use as food for horses, mules, jennets, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats or poultry;
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“fertiliser” means (subject to any exceptions which may be prescribed) any article (including, in particular, lime and ground limestone) manufactured for use as a fertiliser of the soil;
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“manufacture” means manufacture by any process whatsoever, including the mixing of any substance with any other substance, but does not include production merely by natural agencies or in the course of ordinary farm husbandry;
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“mineral mixture” means (subject to any exceptions which may be prescribed) any article which is intended for use as a supplement in the feeding of horses, mules, jennets, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats or poultry and which—
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(a) purports to be a mineral mixture or mineral supplement, or
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(b) consists mainly of minerals;
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“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;
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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
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“purchaser” includes any person, other than a carrying agent, acting on behalf of a purchaser;
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“sale” includes offer or exposure for sale or invitation of an offer to buy;
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“the State Chemist” means the head of the State Laboratory;
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“the Assistant State Chemist” means the Assistant State Chemist of the State Laboratory.
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