Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1956

Storage of grain.

5.—(1) An inspector may at all reasonable times enter on any grain store and inspect it.

(2) The Minister or an inspector may, from time to time, serve on the occupier of a grain store a notice requiring him within a specified time to clean (including fumigate), in such manner and by the use of such materials as may be specified in the notice, such grain store and any equipment, fittings and appliances therein or used in connection therewith.

(3) The Minister or an inspector may, from time to time, serve on the occupier of a grain store a notice requiring him to remove therefrom or render innocuous any specified cause of contamination or deterioration to which grain stored therein would be exposed.

(4) Where the Minister or an inspector is of opinion that any grain store or any part thereof is unsuitable for the safe storage of grain, he may serve on the occupier of such grain store a notice prohibiting the storage of grain in that grain store or that part thereof.

(5) Where a notice under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section is served on the occupier of a grain store, he shall comply with the notice.

(6) Where a notice under subsection (4) of this section is served on the occupier of a grain store, he shall not store any grain therein in contravention of the notice.

(7) In this section—

“grain” means any cereal which is wheat, barley, oats or maize;

“grain store” means any premises or part of premises used or intended to be used for the storage of grain.