Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956
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Temporary special designation (pasteurised milk) licence. |
14.—The Minister for Agriculture may grant under Part IV of the Principal Act to any person, who is a registered proprietor within the meaning of the Dairy Produce Acts, 1924 to 1947, of premises registered under the said Acts, a special designation licence in respect of which the following provisions shall apply: | |
(a) the licence shall be limited to entitling such person to sell during a specified period for human consumption under the special designation “Pasteurised Milk”, milk which has been pasteurised by such person, | ||
(b) no fee shall be payable in respect of the licence, | ||
(c) for the purposes of sections 24 and 31 of the Principal Act, or of any regulations made under the said section 31— | ||
(i) the sale as pasteurised milk for human consumption of milk pasteurised by the holder of the licence and also any business carried on by the holder in relation to the sale shall not be deemed to be the business of dairyman, and | ||
(ii) any premises in which such a sale takes place or in which any such business is carried on shall not solely by reason of the sale or business be deemed to be a dairy, | ||
(d) nothing in Part IV of the Principal Act or in the Milk and Dairies (Special Designations) Regulations, 1938 to 1955, shall prevent the resale as pasteurised milk by a person registered as a dairyman under Part II of the Principal Act of milk previously sold as pasteurised milk by virtue of the licence, | ||
(e) the resale by a person registered as a dairyman under Part II of the Principal Act of milk previously sold by virtue of the licence shall not be deemed to be a contravention of section 15 of this Act solely by reason of the fact that the milk has been heated or pasteurised by the holder of the licence before such previous sale, | ||
(f) the Milk and Dairies (Special Designations) Regulations, 1938 to 1955, and any regulations amending or replacing such regulations shall apply in relation to the licence subject to such modifications as the Minister for Agriculture may make by regulations made by him under this section, and | ||
(g) there shall be deemed to be in force in respect of the grantee of the licence, for, but only for, the duration of the licence, a special declaration. |