Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961

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Interpretation.

2.—(1) In this Act save where the context otherwise requires—

“the Board” means An Bord Bainne established by this Act;

“butter”, “creamery”, “creamery business”, “creamery butter” and “cream-separating business” have, respectively, the meanings they have in the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 ;

“butter levy” means the levy on creamery butter provided for under section 37 of this Act;

“butter stocks levy” means the levy on stocks of butter provided for under section 38 of this Act; “the Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 50 of this Act;

“the Company” means the Dairy Disposal Company, Limited;

“cream-separating station” means a premises registered under the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 , in the register of cream-separating stations;

“establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act;

“functions”, in relation to the Board, includes powers and duties, and references to the performance of functions include references to the exercise of powers and the performance of duties;

“the Fund” means the Dairy Produce Fund established by section 29 of this Act;

“milk” means milk in liquid form and includes whole milk, skimmed or separated milk, buttermilk, or whey, in liquid form;

“milk levy” means the levy on milk provided for under section 36 of this Act;

“milk product” includes any substance which is made wholly or partly from milk or a product or by-product of milk and which is—

(a) butter, cream, raw cheese, processed cheese, condensed milk, dried or powdered milk, chocolate crumb or casein, or

(b) a substance which is for the time being declared by regulations made by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section to be a milk product;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

“nomination day” means a day appointed to be a nomination day for the purposes of this Act under section 7 of this Act;

“registered proprietor” means, when used in relation to a creamery, the person carrying on the creamery business in that creamery, and when used in relation to a cream-separating station, means the person carrying on the cream-separating business in that station;

“registered proprietor of premises” means the person carrying on in premises registered under Part III of the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 , the business in respect of which they are registered;

“returning officer” means in relation to a ballot under this Act, the person who, by virtue of section 12 of this Act, is the returning officer for that ballot;

“society” means a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1936;

“the transfer day” means the day appointed to be the transfer day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 50 of this Act.

(2) (a) The Minister may by regulations declare that any substance (other than a substance specifically mentioned in paragraph (a) in the definition of “milk product” in subsection (1) of this section) made wholly or partly from milk or from a product or by-product of milk shall be a milk product for the purposes of this Act.

(b) Whenever and so long as regulations under this subsection declaring a substance to be a milk product for the purposes of this Act are in force, that product shall be a milk product for those purposes.