Milk Act Amendment Act (No. 3) 1947 (WA)

1947. ] Milk (No. 3). [No. 74.

MILK (No. 3).

11° and 12° GEO. VI., No. LXXIV.

No. 74 of 1947.

AN ACT to amend section twenty-six of the Milk Act,

1946-1947.

[Assented to lath January, 1948.]

RE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,

by and with the advice and consent of the Legis-

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western

Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by

the authority of the same, as follows :-

1.    This Act may be cited as the Milk Act Amendment Short title.

Act (No. 3), 1947, and shall be read as one with the Milk

Act, 1946-1947 (No. 27 of 1946 as amended by No. 18 of 1947), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

2. The principal Act, as amended by this Act, may ra t

be cited as the Milk Act, 1946-1947.	by this Act.
as amended

3.    Section twenty-six of the principal Act is amended tfindeent

by

(a) substituting for paragraphs (I) and (J) the

following:—

(I) Fixing the minimum price or prices per gallon to dairymen for milk supplied in any dairy area :

Provided, as regards

(a) milk, other than surplus milk, such price shall be. fixed in accordance with-

(i) butter fat content and

value; and

(ii) bacterial test; and

(iii) added value for services

incidental to the production of

milk; and

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(iv) if necessary, a premium during periods of scarcity; and (b) surplus milk, such price

shall be fixed in accordance with its butter fat content and at ruling butter fat rates, less a charge approved by the Board for separa- tion or other treatment carried out by the milk vendor.

Provided that a different price or prices may be fixed in respect of milk produced in different dairy areas or parts thereof, whether sold to or pur- chased by a milk vendor in a district in the dairy area in which the milk was produced or in a district in a different dairy area.

(J) Fixing the maximum price or prices which may be charged for milk sold by milk vendors to other milk ven- dors:

Provided that a different maximum price or prices may be fixed

(a) in respect of milk sold in different dairy areas or parts thereof; and

(b) according to differences in grade, quality, description or quan- tity or place of delivery;

(b) by substituting for paragraph (L) the follow-

ing :-

(L) Fixing the maximum rate or rates which may be charged by any person for any particular services connected with the treatment of milk:

Provided that a different rate or rates may be fixed for milk treated in different dairy areas or parts there- of.

(La) Fixing the maximum price or prices at which milk may be sold by retail in any dairy area:

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Provided that a different maxi-

mum price or prices may be fixed

(a) in respect of milk delivered or sold in different dairy areas, or parts thereof, and

(b) according to differences in grade, quality, description or quan- tity.