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Definitions.
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2.—In this Act—
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the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Lands and Agriculture;
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the word “butter” means the substance usually known as butter, made exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with or without salt or other preservative, and with or without the addition of colouring matter;
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the expressions “margarine” and “milk-blended butter” have respectively the same meanings as in the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907;
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the expression “creamery business” means the business of manufacturing butter from cream which has been separated by means of centrifugal force mechanically applied from the commingled milk supplies of a number of cow-keepers;
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the expression “creamery butter” means butter which has been manufactured in premises registered in the register of creameries and has not been subsequently blended or re-worked;
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the expression “cream-separating business” means the business of separating cream by means of centrifugal force mechanically applied from the commingled milk supplies of a number of cow-keepers;
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the expression “mechanically applied” means applied by machinery driven by any motive power other than human or animal power;
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the expression “butter factory” means premises on which by way of trade butter is blended, re-worked, or subjected to any other treatment, but not so as to cease to be butter;
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the expression “butter factory business” means the business of blending and re-working butter or subjecting butter to any other treatment but not such as would cause it to cease to be butter.
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the expression “register kept in pursuance of this Act” means a register which the Minister keeps or causes to be kept pursuant to this Act and does not include a register kept by a registered proprietor;
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the word “manufacture” when used in relation to the manufacture of butter in butter factories includes the blending or the re-working of butter or both such blending and re-working;
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the word “inspector” includes any person authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred and imposed on an inspector by this Act;
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the expression “dairy produce” includes any article of human food made wholly or mainly from milk or from the products or by-products of milk;
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the word “package” includes any box, case, kiel, keg, firkin, or other receptacle containing or capable of containing butter for transport, and, where the context so requires, includes the contents of such receptacle;
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the word “wrapper” includes any paper, folder, carton or case used for packing or wrapping a piece of butter;
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the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act.
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