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Compulsory purchase of turf.
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14.—(1) Whenever a coal retailer sells and delivers (whether in or not in an appointed area) to a purchaser who is not entitled to the benefit of an exemption under this Act in respect of such sale and delivery more than two hundredweights of coal for consumption for domestic or household purposes in an appointed area, such coal retailer shall, at the time of such sale and delivery, also sell and deliver to such purchaser and such purchaser shall at the said time purchase and take from such coal retailer the prescribed quantity of turf (obtained from an approved source) appropriate both to the quantity of coal so sold and delivered and to the appointed area for consumption in which such coal is so sold and delivered.
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(2) Whenever, on a sale and delivery of coal by a coal retailer to a purchaser, such coal retailer fails to sell and deliver to such purchaser at the time of such sale and delivery of coal the quantity of turf (obtained from an approved source) mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section and such failure is a contravention of the said foregoing sub-section, such coal retailer shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one pound for every ton or part of a ton of coal so sold and delivered.
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(3) Whenever, on a sale and delivery of coal by a coal retailer to a purchaser, such purchaser fails to purchase and take from such coal retailer at the time of such sale and delivery of coal the quantity of turf mentioned in the first sub-section of this section and such failure is a contravention of the said first sub-section, such purchaser shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one pound for every ton or part of a ton of coal so sold and delivered.
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(4) This section is in this Act referred to as the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf, and this section may be referred to in a similar manner in any order, regulation, exemption, or other instrument made under this Act.
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