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1908 NEW ZEALAND.

"THE DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT, 1908" (PROPOSED REGULATIONS UNDER, AS TO THE REGISTRATION, INSPECTION, ETC., OF DAIRIES.)

Laid upon the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Proposed Regulations under " The Dairy Industry Act, 1908," as to the Registration, Inspection, ttc, of Dairies. Regulations. 1. For the purpose of these regulations— " Dairy" means and includes any farm, stock-yard, milking-yard, paddock, shed, stable, stall, or any other place where cows from which the milk-supply of a dairy is obtained are depastured, kept, or milked, and includes any place where milk or cream is collf cted, deposited, treated, separated, prepared, or manufactured into butter or cheese on the farm; but does not include (a) any milk-shop, or any factory, skimming-station, or other premises used for the manufacture, milling, blending, tinning, or packing of butter or cheese, or the manufacture of condensed, preserved, or dried milk ; nor (6) any farm where the whole of the milk produced, whether used as milk or cream, or manufactured on the i premises into butter or cheese, is consumed by persons resident or employed thereon : " Dairyman" means the occupier of a dairy, and inoludes the dairyman's agent or manager, and also includes, in the case of a company, the managing director, manager, secretary, or other principal officer of the company in New Zealand : " Infectious or contagious disease " means typhus fever, enteric fever, scarlet fever, bubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, rodent ulcer, malignant diseases, venereal diseases, and any other disease that the Governor by Order in Council gazetted declares to be an infectious or contagious disease within the meaning of the said Act: Inspector " means any Inspector appointed or deemed to be appointed under " The Dairy Industry Act, 1908," or "The Stock Act, 1908." 2. (1.) Every dairyman shall apply for the registration of his dairy to the Inspector, at the office of the Inspector of Stock for the district in which it is situated, on or before the Ist day of , 1908, except in the case of premises not erected or not in u?e as a dairy at that date, when the application shall be lodged with the Inspector at least twentyone days prior to their use. (2.) Every application for registration shall be in or to the effect of the form numbered 1 set out in the Sobedule hereto, and shall be accompanied by a ground-plan of the cowshed, race, stock-yard, and milk-stand, with dimensions of the same shown thereon. Forms can be obtained free of charge at the office of any Inspector.

3. On receipt of an application for registration as aforesaid the Inspector shall register the dairy in a book to be kept for the purpose, and issue to the dairyman a certificate of registration (hereinafter termed a " certificate ") in the form numbered 2 set out in the Schedule hereto. Such certificate shall be for the whole or the unexpired portion of the twelve months ending on the 31st day of July in each year . Provided that the Inspector may withhold the granting of the certificate until the premises sought to be registered have been completed in accordance with these regulations. 4. Any dairyman wishing to transfer his certificate shall apply to the Inspector, at the office from which the certificate was issued, in the form numbered 3 set out in the Schedule hereto, and forward his certificate with the application. On receipt of such application the Inspector shall amend the register accordingly, and transfer the certificate by indorsing thereon "This certificate is hereby transferred to ,of , as from the day of , 190 ." The fee for the transfer of a certificate shall be two shillings and sixpence. 5. Every dairyman desiring a renewal of his certificate shall, on or before the Ist day of July in each year, apply for such renewal to the Inspector at the office from which the certificate was issued. The application shall be in the form numbered 4 set out in the Schedule hereto. On receipt of such application the Inspector shall issue a fresh certificate in favour of the applicant. If a renewal is not required the dairyman shall notify the Inspector to that effect in writing on or before the Ist day of July next preceding the date of expiry of the certificate. 6. (1.) The fee for registration, or for renewal of registration, shall be for every dairy in connection with which it is intended there shall be, during the season following the date of the application for registration— (a.) Not more than two cows in milk .. .. .. Is. per annum. {!>) More than two, but not more than ten, cows in milk .. ss. per annum, (c.) More than ten cows in milk .. 10s. per annum. (2.) The applicant shall send or deposit the prescribed fee with every application for registration or renewal. 7. All certificates in force and expiring on the 31st day of March, 1909, are hereby extended to and shall be deemed to expire on the 31st day of July, 1909. 8. No dairyman shall occupy or use any premises or place as a dairy except in conformity with the following provisions :—