Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 1965
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1965/1412 |
1965 No. 1412
FOOD AND DRUGS
MILK AND DAIRIES
The Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 196515thJuly 1965
23rdJuly 1965
1stAugust 1965
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6, 7 and 22(3) of the Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 1965; and shall come into operation on 1st August 1965.
(2) This order shall apply only to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In this order—
"catering business" means the business or undertaking of an inn, public house, hotel, restaurant, café, tea-shop, buffet, coffee-stall or any place of refreshment open to the public, or of a club, boarding house, apartment house, refreshment contractor, school feeding centre, staff dining room or canteen; and "caterer" shall be construed accordingly;
"farm bottled milk" and "pasteurised milk" have the meaning respectively assigned to them under sections 1 and 3 of the Milk Act (Northern Ireland) 1950(b) as amended by the Milk (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1963(c);
"milk" means liquid cow's milk but does not include separated milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk or evaporated milk;
"the Ministry" means the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland;
"sell" includes offer or agree to sell or expose for sale.
Maximum prices and exemptions
3.—(1) No person shall sell milk at a price exceeding the maximum price specified in the Schedule to this order:
Provided that where any milk is sold in a quantity of half a pint and the maximum price therefor in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article would include an odd quarter of a penny, that maximum price shall be increased by one quarter of a penny.
(2) No person shall in connection with the sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any milk enter or offer to enter into any artificial transaction or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
(a) 1964 c. 60.
(b) 1950 c. 31 (N.I.).
(c) 1963 c. 11 (N.I.).
(3) The provisions of this article shall not apply as respects any supply of milk (a) by a caterer in the course of his catering business, or (b) from an automatic vending machine.
Licences or authorisations
4.—(1) The provisions of this order are subject to any licence or authorisation which may be granted under this order by the...
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