Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936

Registration of persons and premises.

33.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a board shall, on receipt of an application for registration in any register kept by it made, under and in accordance with this Act, by a person who is entitled to make such application, enter in such register the name and address of the applicant and particulars of the premises specified in such application in respect of which registration is sought.

(2) In this Part of this Act—

the expressions “registered producer”, “registered retailer” and “registered wholesaler” when used in relation to a joint district mean respectively a person registered in the register of producers kept by the board for such joint district, a person registered in the register of retailers kept by such board and a person registered in the register of wholesalers kept by such board.

(3) A board may, at its absolute discretion, refuse an application by a person for registration in any register kept by it in respect of any premises on either or both of the following grounds, that is to say:—

(a) that such person or any other person was previously registered in respect of such premises in any such register and such registration was cancelled by such board under this Part of this Act,

(b) that such person was previously registered in any such register in respect of other premises and that such registration was cancelled by such board under this Part of this Act.