Milk Authority Act 1973 (ACT)

No. 7 of 1973

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Milk Authority Ordinance 1971-1972.

I THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of , Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council,

hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government

(Administration) Act 1910-1972.

Dated this fifteenth day of March, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

KEP ENDERBY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory.

MILK AUTHORITY ORDINANCE 1973

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Milk Authority Ordi­

nance 1973.*

(2) The Milk Authority Ordinance 1971-1972,f as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Milk Authority Ordinance 1971- 1973.

t Ordinance N o . 23, 1971, as amended by N o s . 15 and 28, 1972.

2. Section 34A of the Milk Authority Ordinance 1971-1972 is

amended—

(a)

by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-section (5) and " o r (c) the storing of the specified milk product."; and

(b) by inserting after sub-section (6) the following sub­ section:—

" (6A) The holder of a licence other than a Vendor's Licence shall not, in relation to the sale of a specified milk product, demand or receive any payment in respect of the delivery of the specified milk product.

Penalty: Four hundred dollars.".

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 16 March 1973.

3. After section 34A of the Milk Authority Ordinance 1971-1972

the following section is inserted:—

" 3 4 B . (1) In this section—

' milk vendor ' means the holder of a Vendor's Licence or a

Vendor's Permit;

' specified milk product ' has the same meaning as in section 34A.
" (2) A milk vendor shall not demand or receive from a person any

payment in respect of the delivery of specified milk products otherwise

than in accordance with sub-section ( 3 ) .

Penalty: Four hundred dollars.
" (3) A milk vendor may, in respect of each day on which he

delivers specified milk products to a person, demand and receive from that person payment of an amount not exceeding the prescribed amount.

" (4) For the purpose of sub-section ( 3 ) , the prescribed amount

is—

(a)	One cent in respect of a day on which the total quantity of specified milk products delivered by a milk vendor to a person does not exceed one pint;
(b)	Two cents in respect of a day on which the total quantity of specified milk products delivered by a milk vendor to a person exceeds one pint but does not exceed two pints; or
(c)	Three cents in respect of a day on which the total quantity of specified milk products delivered by a milk vendor to a person exceeds two pints.".