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Exporters' licences.
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6.—(1) The Minister may grant a licence (in this Act referred to as an exporter's (general) licence) to export potatoes from any registered premises to any person who—
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(a) is the registered proprietor of any registered premises, and
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(b) applies in the prescribed form and manner for an exporter's (general) licence.
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(2) Every exporter's (general) licence shall—
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(a) be in the prescribed form, and
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(b) be expressed and operate to license the person to whom it is granted to export, subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder, potatoes from any registered premises.
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(3) The Minister may grant a licence (in this Act referred to as an exporter's (grower's) licence) to export potatoes from particular registered premises to any person who—
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(a) is the registered proprietor of such premises, and
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(b) is a grower of potatoes, and
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(c) applies in the prescribed form and manner to the Minister for such exporter's (grower's) licence, and
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(d) supplies the Minister with the prescribed information.
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(4) An exporter's (grower's) licence shall not be granted by the Minister until after the expiration of thirty days following the date on which the application for such licence is received by the Minister.
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(5) Every exporter's (grower's) licence shall—
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(a) be in the prescribed form and shall specify the premises in respect of which it is granted and such other particulars as may be prescribed;
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(b) be expressed and operate to license the person to whom it is granted to export, subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder, from such premises, potatoes grown by him;
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(c) shall be and be expressed to be granted subject to the following conditions (in this Act referred to as the statutory conditions attaching to an exporter's (grower's) licence), that is to say:—
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(i) that the holder thereof shall not export thereunder potatoes other than those grown by himself,
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(ii) that the holder thereof shall not export thereunder in any one calendar year more than one hundred tons of potatoes.
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(6) In this Act the expression “licensed (general) exporter” means a person who is for the time being the holder of an exporter's (general) licence for the time being in force and the expression “licensed (grower) exporter” means a person who is for the time being the holder of an exporter's (grower's) licence for the time being in force.
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(7) In this Act the expression “exporter's licence” means any licence granted by the Minister under this section and the expression “licensed exporter” means a person who is for the time being the holder of an exporter's licence for the time being in force.
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(8) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister, that a person named in such certificate is not the holder of an exporter's licence shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was, in fact, such officer or was so authorised.
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