S.I. No. 55/1936 - Agricultural Produce (Sale of Maize Meal) Regulations, 1936.

3. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (

a

) of sub-section (1) of

Section 81

of the

Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

(No. 7 of 1933), the prescribed weight shall be one pound.

4. The Agricultural Produce (Sale of Maize Meal) Regulations, 1933, are hereby revoked.

Given under my Seal of Office this 18th day of February, 1936.

(Signed) SÉAMAS O RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1936. No. 55.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (SALE OF MAIZE MEAL) REGULATIONS, 1936.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of

Section 81

of the

Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

(No. 7 of 1933), that it shall not be lawful for any person to sell any maize meal unless either:—

(

a

) all the following conditions are complied with, that is to say:—

(i) such maize is intended for human consumption, and

(ii) such maize is sold in a package secured in the prescribed manner, and

(iii) the weight of maize meal in such package does not exceed the prescribed weight or, if no weight is for the time being prescribed, one stone, or

(

b

) in case such maize meal is sold wholesale by a registered maize miller, such maize meal is sold under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister, or

(

c

) such maize meal (being the entire product of grinding maize) forms part of a maize meal mixture or of a compound feeding stuff, one of the component parts of which is a maize meal mixture

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Agriculture is empowered by virtue of Section 78 of the said Act to make by order regulations in relation to the matter referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (

a

) of sub-section (1) of Section 81 of the said Act as prescribed.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SÉAMAS O RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the

Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

(No. 7 of 1933), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order and make the following regulations, that is to say:—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited for all purposes as the Agricultural Produce (Sale of Maize Meal) Regulations, 1936.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 24th day of February, 1936.

2.—The

Interpretation Act, 1923

(No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of these Regulations in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.