Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961
Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act save where the context otherwise requires— | |
“the Board” means An Bord Bainne established by this Act; | ||
“butter”, “creamery”, “creamery business”, “creamery butter” and “cream-separating business” have, respectively, the meanings they have in the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 ; | ||
“butter levy” means the levy on creamery butter provided for under section 37 of this Act; | ||
“butter stocks levy” means the levy on stocks of butter provided for under section 38 of this Act; “the Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 50 of this Act; | ||
“the Company” means the Dairy Disposal Company, Limited; | ||
“cream-separating station” means a premises registered under the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 , in the register of cream-separating stations; | ||
“establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act; | ||
“functions”, in relation to the Board, includes powers and duties, and references to the performance of functions include references to the exercise of powers and the performance of duties; | ||
“the Fund” means the Dairy Produce Fund established by section 29 of this Act; | ||
“milk” means milk in liquid form and includes whole milk, skimmed or separated milk, buttermilk, or whey, in liquid form; | ||
“milk levy” means the levy on milk provided for under section 36 of this Act; | ||
“milk product” includes any substance which is made wholly or partly from milk or a product or by-product of milk and which is— | ||
(a) butter, cream, raw cheese, processed cheese, condensed milk, dried or powdered milk, chocolate crumb or casein, or | ||
(b) a substance which is for the time being declared by regulations made by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section to be a milk product; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture; | ||
“nomination day” means a day appointed to be a nomination day for the purposes of this Act under section 7 of this Act; | ||
“registered proprietor” means, when used in relation to a creamery, the person carrying on the creamery business in that creamery, and when used in relation to a cream-separating station, means the person carrying on the cream-separating business in that station; | ||
“registered proprietor of premises” means the person carrying on in premises registered under Part III of the Dairy Produce Act, 1924 , the business in respect of which they are registered; | ||
“returning officer” means in relation to a ballot under this Act, the person who, by virtue of section 12 of this Act, is the returning officer for that ballot; | ||
“society” means a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1936; | ||
“the transfer day” means the day appointed to be the transfer day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 50 of this Act. | ||
(2) (a) The Minister may by regulations declare that any substance (other than a substance specifically mentioned in paragraph (a) in the definition of “milk product” in subsection (1) of this section) made wholly or partly from milk or from a product or by-product of milk shall be a milk product for the purposes of this Act. | ||
(b) Whenever and so long as regulations under this subsection declaring a substance to be a milk product for the purposes of this Act are in force, that product shall be a milk product for those purposes. |