Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956

Prohibition of purchase of milk from unregistered dairymen.

10.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to purchase milk for the purpose of reselling it for human consumption from a person who carries on the business of dairyman and who is not registered in a register of dairymen kept by a sanitary authority under Part II of the Principal Act.

(2) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and in either case, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues.