Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924
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Fees payable in respect of registered premises. |
9.—(1) There shall be paid to the Minister by the person applying for the registration of any premises in the register of exporters the fee specified in the Schedule to this Act, and the payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister. | |
(2) There shall be paid to the Minister by the person applying for registration of any premises in the register of exporters the deposit specified in the Schedule to this Act on account of the first annual fee payable in respect of such premises, and the payment of such deposit shall be a condition precedent to the registration of the premises, | ||
(3) There shall be paid to the Minister in respect of every year by the registered proprietor of every premises registered in the register of exporters the fee (in this Act called the annual fee) specified in the Schedule to this Act. | ||
(4) The first annual fee to be paid by the registered proprietor of any premises registered in the register of exporters shall be calculated on the quantity of eggs, ascertained in the prescribed manner, exported from such premises during the period between the completion of the registration and the end of the calendar year in which the premises were registered and shall become due on the 31st day of December of that year, and the difference between such fee and the deposit paid on account thereof as aforesaid shall be paid by or returned to (as the case may require) the registered proprietor before the 17th day of March, in the year next following. | ||
(5) Every subsequent annual fee shall become due on the 31st day of December in the year in respect of which such fee is payable and shall be paid before the 17th day of March, in the year next following, and shall be calculated on the quantity of eggs, ascertained in the prescribed manner, exported from the registered premises in the year in respect of which the fee is payable. | ||
(6) As soon as may be after the end of each year, the total amount of eggs exported from every registered premises during that year shall be ascertained in the prescribed manner, and the amount of the annual fee payable in respect of that year shall be calculated accordingly. | ||
(7) Every registered proprietor shall make for the purposes of this section such returns, to such persons, at such times, and in such forms as shall be prescribed. | ||
(8) If any registered proprietor shall fail to pay any annual fee payable in respect of his registered premises, or any sum added to such annual fee by way of adjustment under this section, before the 17th day of March in the year in respect of which the same is payable under this section, the registration of such registered premises shall be cancelled by virtue of this section as on and from such 17th day of March. | ||
(9) Where the registration of any registered premises is cancelled pursuant to this section, and the fee, the non-payment of which occasioned such cancellation, is paid within three months after such cancellation, the Minister may restore such premises to the register as on and from the date on which such fee is so paid. | ||
(10) In this section the expression “registered proprietor” shall be construed as referring to the registered proprietor for the time being, save that where the premises shall have ceased to be registered the said expression shall be construed as referring to the person who was the registered proprietor immediately before the cesser of registration. |