Dairy Produce Act, 1924

PART III.

REGISTRATION OF PREMISES.

Registers to be kept by Minister.

14.—(1) The Minister shall cause to be kept—

(a) a register (to be called and known as the register of creameries) of premises in Saorstát Eireann in which a creamery business is carried on, and

(b) a register (to be called and known as the register of cream-separating stations) of premises in Saorstát Eireann in which a cream-separating business is carried on, and

(c) a register (to be called and known as the register of manufacturing exporters) of all premises in Saorstát Eireann not registered in the register of creameries, in which the business of manufacturing butter for export, but not a butter factory business, is carried on, and

(d) a register (to be called and known as the register of butter factories) of premises in Saorstát Eireann in which a butter factory business is carried on, and

(e) a register (to be called and known as the register of non-manufacturing exporters) of all premises in Saorstát Eireann in which butter is examined and classified for export but is not manufactured, blended, re-worked, or otherwise subjected to any treatment or process.

(2) There shall be entered in the said registers in respect of all premises registered therein respectively the following particulars, that is to say:—

(a) the full name and description of the person (in this Act referred to as the registered proprietor) carrying on in such premises the business in respect of which the same are registered, and

(b) a description of the situation of the premises sufficient to identify the same and the limits and extent thereof.

(3) In any case in which a cream-separating business is carried on in any premises on which a creamery business is carried on, such premises shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder in relation to the registration of premises in the register of creameries, be capable of being registered in the register of creameries, and where such registration takes place such premises or any portion thereof shall not be required to be registered in the register of cream-separating stations.

(4) No premises which are, or are required to be, registered under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907, or which communicate with any such premises otherwise than by a public street or road, shall be capable of being registered in the register of creameries or the register of cream-separating stations or the register of manufacturing exporters or (except in the case of premises registered or required to be registered solely by virtue of sub-section (4) of section 7 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899) the register of non-manufacturing exporters.

(5) No premises which are themselves used for or which form part of or communicate (otherwise than by a public road or street) with any premises used for the manufacture of or wholesale or retail dealing (otherwise than under a licence granted under this Act) in margarine, margarine cheese, milk-blended butter, or any class of butter except creamery butter shall be capable of being registered in the register of creameries or the register of cream-separating stations.

(6) No premises which are themselves used for or which form part of or communicate (otherwise than by a public road or street) with any premises used for the manufacture of or the wholesale or retail dealing (otherwise than under a licence granted under this Act) in margarine, margarine cheese, milk-blended butter, or any class of blended, re-worked, or renovated butter shall be capable of being registered in the register of manufacturing exporters.