Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1956
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Prohibition of bottling of milk under general designation by unlicensed persons. |
5.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to bottle milk for sale under a general designation, within the meaning of section 38 of the Principal Act, unless such person is the holder of a licence (in this Act referred to as a general designation bottling licence) for the time being in force to bottle milk for sale under a general designation and the bottling is effected by the method specified in the regulations made under section 6 of this Act. | |
(2) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding five pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and in either case, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues. |