Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956

Exclusion of certain dairies and dairymen from certain provisions of Principal Act.

11.—(1) The Minister for Agriculture may, after consultation with a sanitary authority, declare by order that the provisions of this section shall apply to a specified area within the sanitary district of such sanitary authority.

(2) The Minister for Agriculture may, on the application of or after consultation with a sanitary authority, revoke an order made under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) For the purposes of Parts II and III of the Principal Act premises which are situate in an area in respect of which an order under subsection (1) of this section is in force shall not be deemed to be a dairy solely by reason of one or more sales of milk occurring on such premises, if the following conditions are complied with in relation to such sales, that is to say:

(a) no milk is sold except milk produced on such premises,

(b) not more than four gallons of milk are sold on such premises in any one day, and

(c) the milk is sold only for the consumption of the purchaser and his household.

(4) For the purposes of Parts II and III of the Principal Act premises which are situate in an area in respect of which an order under subsection (1) of this section is in force and which are registered in the Register of Creameries or in the Register of Cream Separating Stations kept under the Dairy Produce Acts, 1924 to 1947, shall not be deemed to be a dairy solely by reason of one or more sales of milk occurring on such premises if the following conditions are complied with in relation to such sales, that is to say:

(a) not more than ten gallons of milk are sold on such premises in any one day, and

(b) the milk is sold only for the consumption of the purchaser and his household.

(5) A person shall not be deemed for the purposes of Parts II and III of the Principal Act to be a dairyman solely by reason of milk having been sold on premises occupied by him or having been kept on such premises for the purposes of such sale if such premises are not deemed to be a dairy for the purposes of the said Parts by virtue of this section.