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PART II.
Regulation of Supply and Wholesale Price of Milk.
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Establishment of Joint (Sale and Supply) Districts.
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Associated sale and production areas.
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6.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks proper, by order (in this Part of this Act referred to as a milk (joint district) order) do the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) declare that a particular area specified or delimited in such order shall be a sale district for the purposes of this Part of this Act, and
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(b) declare that a particular area (which may or may not include the whole or any part of the area declared to be a sale district by such order) specified or delimited in such order shall be a production district for the purposes of this Part of this Act, and
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(c) declare that the said two areas shall together be a joint (sale and supply) district for the purposes of this Part of this Act, and
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(d) define (in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister shall think proper) what shall constitute in relation to milk a retailer and a wholesaler respectively in respect of such sale district, and
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(e) declare that, of the ordinary members of the board to be established under this Part of this Act for such joint (sale and supply) district, either—
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(i) such board shall consist of a specified number of producer members, a specified number of retailer members, and a specified number of wholesaler members, or
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(ii) if, but only if, the Minister is of opinion that there are then no persons carrying on the business of wholesalers in such sale district such board shall consist of a specified number of producer members and a specified number of retailer members, and
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(f) appoint a day to be for the purposes of this Part of this Act the appointed day in respect of such joint (sale and supply) district, and
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(g) appoint a day to be for the purposes of this Part of this Act the day of entry on office of first elected members in respect of such joint (sale and supply) district.
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(2) The number of producer members of a board for a joint (sale and supply) district shall not in any case be less than one-half of the number of the ordinary members of such board.
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(3) The Minister may at any time, at his discretion, by order, revoke or amend a milk (joint district) order and, in particular, may by any such amending order alter (whether by addition or subtraction or both addition and subtraction) the area which is a sale district and the area which is a production district by virtue of such order or either of such areas.
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(4) In this Act—
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the expression “sale district” means an area declared by a milk (joint district) order for the time being in force to be a sale district;
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the expression “production district” means an area declared by a milk (joint district) order for the time being in force to be a production district;
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the expression “joint district” means an area declared by a milk (joint district) order to be a joint (sale and supply) district;
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the expression “the associated sale district” means—
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(a) when used in relation to a joint district, the sale district which forms part of such joint district, and
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(b) when used in relation to a production district, the sale district which, with such production district, forms a joint district,
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the expression “the associated production district” means—
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(a) when used in relation to a joint district, the production district which forms part of such joint district, and
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(b) when used in relation to a sale district, the production district which, with such sale district, forms a joint district,
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the expression “the appointed day” when used in relation to a joint district means the day appointed to be the appointed day in respect of such joint district by a milk (joint district) order; the expression “the day of entry on office of first elected members” when used in relation to a joint district means the day appointed to be the day of entry on office of first elected members in respect of such joint district by a milk (joint district) order;
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the expression “the appropriate number of producer members” when used in relation to a board for a joint district means the number of producer members specified in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such district;
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the expression “the appropriate number of retailer members” when used in relation to the board for a joint district means the number of retailer members specified in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such district;
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the expression “the appropriate number of wholesaler members” when used in relation to the board for a joint district means the number of wholesaler members specified in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such district;
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the expression “retailer” when used in relation to a sale district means a person who is a retailer as defined in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such sale district;
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the expression “wholesaler” when used in relation to a sale district means a person who is a wholesaler as defined in the milk (joint district) order which relates to such sale district.
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