Flour and Wheatenmeal Act, 1956

Definitions.

3.—(1) In this Act—

“the Assistant State Chemist” means the Assistant State Chemist of the State Laboratory;

“authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act;

“flour” means flour derived wholly or mainly from wheat;

“home-grown” means grown in the State;

“licensed mill” means a mill in respect of which a milling licence is granted;

“milling (home-grown wheat) permit” means a permit granted under section 36 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933), as amended by section 16 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934 (No. 41 of 1934);

“milling licence” means a licence granted under section 21 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933);

“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

“permit” means a permit granted by the Minister under section 13;

“permitted mill” means a mill in respect of which a milling (home-grown wheat) permit has been granted;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

“standard wheatenmeal” means wheatenmeal produced in the State by the milling of wheat in such manner that no substances are separated in the milling as wheat offals and that the wheatenmeal so produced represents 100 per cent. of the wheat from which it is derived;

“the State Chemist” means the head of the State Laboratory;

“straight-run flour” means flour produced in the State by running together all the flour streams of a milling plant which is set to produce as flour the prescribed percentage of the wheat which is fed to the break rolls;

“wheatenmeal” includes wheatmeal and wholemeal derived from wheat.

(2) References in this Act to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or inviting an offer to buy.