Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936

Election of ordinary members.

12.—(1) On every election day in respect of a board for a joint district—

(a) there shall be elected to be ordinary members from amongst their number by the persons who are registered on the qualifying date in the register of producers kept by such board the appropriate number of producer members,

(b) there shall be elected to be ordinary members from amongst their number by the persons who are registered on the qualifying date in the register of retailers kept by such board the appropriate number of retailer members,

(c) if, but only if, the milk (joint district) order which relates to such district declares that such board shall include any wholesaler members, there shall be elected to be ordinary members from amongst their number by the persons who are registered on the qualifying date in the register of wholesalers kept by such board the appropriate number of wholesaler members.

(2) In this section, the expression “the qualifying date” when used in relation to an election required by this section to be held on an election day (including the first election day) means the first day of the month next preceding the month in which such election day falls.

(3) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the producer members, the retailer members and the wholesaler members (if any) of a board shall each constitute a separate class of ordinary members of such board.