Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

Quota for mills.

26.—(1) Whenever the Minister grants in respect of any mill a milling licence he shall at the same time make an order fixing the quota for such mill and the quota fixed by such order shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be for the purposes of this Part of this Act the quota for such mill in respect of every quota year.

(2) The Minister may at the times and under the conditions hereinafter specified in this section make in relation to any licensed mill an order (in this section referred to as a quota variation order) varying the quota for such mill and whenever any such order is made in respect of a mill the quota as varied by such order shall, subject to the making of a subsequent quota variation order, be for the purposes of this Part of this Act the quota for such mill in respect of every year to which such order applies in lieu of the quota in force at the time of the making of such order.

(3) The Minister may, before the 1st day of February in all or any of the first three quota years for a mill, make a quota variation order increasing or reducing the quota for that mill in respect of the quota year in which such order is made and every subsequent quota year.

(4) The Minister may, on or after the 1st day of February in all or any of the first three quota years for a mill, make a quota variation order increasing or diminishing the quota for that mill in respect of every subsequent quota year.

(5) The Minister may, on or after the 1st day of February in the fifth quota year for a mill and after the fifth in every or any second successive quota year for that mill, make a quota variation order increasing or diminishing the quota for that mill in respect of every subsequent quota year.

(6) The Minister may, before the 1st day of February in the fifth or every or any subsequent quota year for a mill, if he is satisfied that in the preceding quota year the quota for that year was not milled at such mill, make a quota variation order reducing the quota for that mill in respect of that quota year and every subsequent quota year.

(7) In making under the immediately preceding sub-section a quota variation order reducing the quota for a mill the Minister shall have regard to the amount of wheat milled at such mill in the quota year preceding the quota year in which such order is made.