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30 1936

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) ACT, 1936

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title and citation.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1936, and the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1935, and this Act may be cited together as the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1936.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933);

the expression “the Amending Act of 1934” means the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934 (No. 41 of 1934);

the expression “the Amending Act of 1935” means the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 (No. 26 of 1935);

the expressions “home-grown wheat” “milling licence” “registered wheat dealers” “registered maize miller” “registered maize importer” “register of wheat dealers” “maize meal mixture” “home-grown cereal” and “oat kernel” have the same meanings as such expressions have in the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1935;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.

Revocation of milling licences and cancellation of registration of registered wheat dealers, registered maize millers, and registered maize importers.

3. —(1) Where the holder of a milling licence is convicted of an offence under any section of this Act, such holder shall, for the purposes of section 34 of the Principal Act, be deemed to have been convicted of an offence under the Principal Act, and the said section 34 , as amended by section 13 of the Amending Act of 1934, apply and have effect accordingly.

(2) A contravention of this Act by a registered wheat dealer, a registered maize miller or a registered maize importer shall, for the purposes of section 61 of the Principal Act, as amended by section 20 of the Amending Act of 1934, be deemed to be a contravention by him of the Principal Act, and the said section 61 , as so amended, shall apply and have effect accordingly.

Prosecution of offences.

4. —Any offence under any section contained in this Act may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor.

Regulations.

5. —The Minister may by order make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed.

Repeals.

6. —The several enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule and as on and from the respective dates specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule.

Expenses.

7. —All expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.