Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Act, 1932
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Definitions. |
2.—(1) In this Act— | |
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture; | ||
the words “imported” and “exported” mean respectively imported into and exported from Saorstát Eireann, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; | ||
the expression “the butter duty” means the customs duty for the time being imposed by law on imported butter; | ||
the expression “registered premises” means premises registered in any register kept in pursuance of the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 (No. 58 of 1924); | ||
the expression “creamery premises” means premises registered in the register of creameries and premises in respect of which a licence under section 42 of the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 , has been granted and is in force; | ||
the expression “creamery butter” means butter manufactured on creamery premises; | ||
the expression “butter factory” means premises on which by way of trade butter is blended, re-worked, or subjected to any other treatment, but not so as to cease to be butter; | ||
the expression “factory butter” means butter which is manufactured in or brought on to a butter factory; | ||
the expression “butter trader” means a person who carries on for trade or gain, whether alone or in conjunction with any other business, the business of selling butter; | ||
the expression “farm butter” means butter which has been manufactured in Saorstát Eireann and is neither creamery butter nor factory butter; | ||
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act; | ||
the expressions “the creamery butter account”, “the factory butter account” and “the miscellaneous butter account” respectively mean the several accounts required by this Act to be kept by the Minister under those respective names; | ||
the expression “the preliminary period” means the period commencing on the 21st day of April, 1932, and ending on the 31st day of May, 1932. | ||
(2) Each of the following months shall be a levy month for the purposes of this Act, that is to say, the months of June, July, August, September, October, and November in the year 1932, and the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November in the years 1933 and 1934. | ||
(3) Butter which undergoes the process of blending or reworking in a butter factory and no other process shall not be deemed to be manufactured for the purposes of this Act. |