DAIRY PRODUCE ACT, 1924

FIRST SCHEDULE. Plant and Machinery in Registered Creameries and Cream-separating Stations.

Plant and Machinery in Registered Creameries and Cream-separating Stations.

1.—A high or low pressure boiler to generate steam for—

(a) heating sufficiently the milk received at the premises so as to ensure the proper separation of the cream, if cream is separated from the milk at the premises, and

(b) heating sufficiently the water required for cleansing purposes.

2.—A cooler for cooling the cream separated from milk at the premises capable of reducing the temperature of the cream as delivered from the cream separator to a temperature not exceeding by more than four degrees Fahrenheit the temperature at which the water used for cooling the cream is when it enters the cooler.

3.—The under-mentioned machinery, all of which shall be driven by mechanical power—

* (a) A heater to heat the milk from which cream is to be separated at the premises to a temperature sufficient to secure the proper separation of the cream.

* (b) A centrifugal separator to separate cream from the milk supplied to the premises.

(c) A churn and a butter-worker, or a combined churn and butter-worker for the manufacture of the butter made at the premises.

4.—The undermentioned requisites—

(a) Such appliances, apparatus, and chemicals as are necessary for determining the percentage of water in the butter manufactured upon and sent out from the premises.

(b) Such appliances, apparatus, and chemicals as are necessary for determining the percentage of fat in the cream and milk dealt with upon the premises.

* Not applicable in the case of creameries to which milk is not supplied.

Not applicable in the case of cream-separating stations.

Short title and commencement.

Short title and commencement.

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1.—(1) This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Dairy Produce Act, 1924.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed by an Order of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular Part of this Act and different dates may be appointed for the coming into operation of different Parts of this Act.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Plant and Machinery in premises registered in the register of butter factories.

Plant and Machinery in premises registered in the register of butter factories.

A boiler to provide sufficient hot water for the cleansing of the premises and the plant and machinery contained therein.

A butter-worker or a butter-blender driven by mechanical power.

Such appliances, apparatus, and chemicals as are necessary for determining the percentage of water in butter sent out from the premises.

Definitions.

Definitions.

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2.—In this Act—

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

the word “butter” means the substance usually known as butter, made exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with or without salt or other preservative, and with or without the addition of colouring matter;

the expressions “margarine” and “milk-blended butter” have respectively the same meanings as in the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907;

the expression “creamery business” means the business of manufacturing butter from cream which has been separated by means of centrifugal force mechanically applied from the commingled milk supplies of a number of cow-keepers;

the expression “creamery butter” means butter which has been manufactured in premises registered in the register of creameries and has not been subsequently blended or re-worked;

the expression “cream-separating business” means the business of separating cream by means of centrifugal force mechanically applied from the commingled milk supplies of a number of cow-keepers;

the expression “mechanically applied” means applied by machinery driven by any motive power other than human or animal power;

the expression “butter factory” means premises on which by way of trade butter is blended, re-worked, or subjected to any other treatment, but not so as to cease to be butter;

the expression “butter factory business” means the business of blending and re-working butter or subjecting butter to any other treatment but not such as would cause it to cease to be butter.

the expression “register kept in pursuance of this Act” means a register which the Minister keeps or causes to be kept pursuant to this Act and does not include a register kept by a registered proprietor;

the word “manufacture” when used in relation to the manufacture of butter in butter factories includes the blending or the re-working of butter or both such blending and re-working;

the word “inspector” includes any person authorised in writing (either generally or for a special purpose) by the Minister to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties conferred and imposed on an inspector by this Act;

the expression “dairy produce” includes any article of human food made wholly or mainly from milk or from the products or by-products of milk;

the word “package” includes any box, case, kiel, keg, firkin, or other receptacle containing or capable of containing butter for transport, and, where the context so requires, includes the contents of such receptacle;

the word “wrapper” includes any paper, folder, carton or case used for packing or wrapping a piece of butter;

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

THIRD SCHEDULE. FEES.

FEES.

Fee on application for registration in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act

Fee on application for registration in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act

One pound.

One pound.

Deposit on application for registration in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act other than the register of cream-separating stations

Deposit on application for registration in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act other than the register of cream-separating stations

Five pounds.

Five pounds.

Annual fee, in respect of butter to which section 9 of this Act applies exported during the year

Annual fee, in respect of butter to which section 9 of this Act applies exported during the year

On each complete twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed.

On each complete twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed.

Fee on grant of licence to export, on each package of butter to which the licence relates

Fee on grant of licence to export, on each package of butter to which the licence relates

Where the package contains not more than twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed; where the package contains more than twenty-eight pounds of butter—on every twenty-eight pounds or part of twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed.

Where the package contains not more than twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed; where the package contains more than twenty-eight pounds of butter—on every twenty-eight pounds or part of twenty-eight pounds of butter such fee, not exceeding one penny, as may be prescribed.