Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1971/1037 |
| Year | 1971 |
1971 No. 1037
FOOD AND DRUGS
MILK AND DAIRIES
The Milk (Northern Ireland) Order 197122ndJune 1971
30thJune 1971
4thJuly 1971
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 1971, and shall come into operation on 4th July 1971.
(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, cafe, tea-shop, buffet, coffee-stall or any place of refreshment open to the public, or of a club, boarding house, apartment house, refreshment contractor, staff dining room or canteen, or of any school feeding centre, school premises or other educational establishment where milk is provided for pupils; 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.
(a) 1964 c. 60.
(b) 1950 c. 31 (N.I.).
(c) 1963 c. 11 (N.I.).
Maximum prices and exemptions
3.—(1) No person shall sell any milk at a price exceeding the maximum price specified in relation thereto in the Schedule to this order :
Provided that where any milk is sold in a quantity of one-third of a pint or half a pint and, in either case, the maximum price therefor in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article would include an odd fraction of a new penny, other than one-half of a new penny, that maximum price shall be increased to the next higher half of a new penny if the said fraction is less than one-half or to the next higher whole new penny if the said fraction is greater than one-half.
(2) No person shall in connection with the sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any milk in relation to which a maximum price applies enter or offer to enter into any artificial...
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