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29 1931

DAIRY PRODUCE ACT, 1931

PART I.

Preliminary.

Short title and citation.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Dairy Produce Act, 1931, and the Dairy Produce Acts, 1924 and 1927, and this Act may be cited together as the Dairy Produce Acts, 1924 to 1931.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 (No. 58 of 1924);

the word “butter” has the meaning assigned to it by the Principal Act;

the expression “registered proprietor” means a person who is the registered proprietor within the meaning of the Principal Act of premises registered in any register kept by the Minister in pursuance of the Principal Act;

the expression “butter trader” means a person who carries on for trade or gain, whether alone or in conjunction with any other business, the business of selling, by wholesale or retail, butter;

the word “warehouseman” means a person who carries on for trade or gain the business of warehousing goods for other persons;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under Part II of this Act.