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Dairies and Dairy Produce Act, 1929

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 16 of 1929
Dates: Source version 31 Dec 1996

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“This section says the Act may be cited as the Dairies and Dairy Produce Act.”

This section says the Act may be cited as the Dairies and Dairy Produce Act. The Minister may make regulations by statutory instrument for Zambia or any part of Zambia, as long as they are not inconsistent with the Act. Anyone who breaks or helps break regulations or orders under this Act, or who wilfully obstructs or resists lawful exercises of powers under it, commits an offence.

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Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

This section says the Act may be cited as the Dairies and Dairy Produce Act.

Section 1

Regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

The Minister may make regulations by statutory instrument for Zambia or any part of Zambia, as long as they are not inconsistent with the Act.

Section 2

Penalty ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Anyone who breaks or helps break regulations or orders under this Act, or who wilfully obstructs or resists lawful exercises of powers under it, commits an offence.

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§ 1Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1Short title

This section says the Act may be cited as the Dairies and Dairy Produce Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dairies and Dairy Produce Act.

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§ 2Regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1Repeal

The Minister may make regulations by statutory instrument for Zambia or any part of Zambia, as long as they are not inconsistent with the Act.

2. Regulations The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for Zambia, or any part thereof, not inconsistent with this Act, for all or any of the following purposes: (a) prescribing the qualiﬁcations, powers and duties of inspectors and other persons designated to exercise powers and perform duties under this Act; (b) prescribing the manner in which premises, numbers and marks shall be registered under this Act; (c) prescribing the manner of branding or marking articles intended for or wrappers on packages containing dairy produce; (d) prescribing the forms of application, registration, certiﬁcates, marks, certiﬁcates of analysis or examination, reports, notices, registers and of all other documents whatever to be used for the purposes of this Act; (e) prescribing the conditions upon which and the manner in which samples shall be taken for purposes of inspection, analysis or examination under this Act, and the mode of dealing with or disposing of such samples; (f) prescribing the manner of aerating and cooling dairy produce; (g) [Repealed by No. 22 of 1972] (h) prescribing the manner of disposing of condemned dairy produce; (i) prescribing the manner in which the grading and testing of dairy produce and the examination of candidates for certiﬁcates in grading and testing such produce shall be carried out; (j) prescribing the patterns and standards of receptacles used in testing milk and cream, and the testing of thermometers and glassware; (k) [Repealed by No. 22 of 1972] By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1 Dairies and Dairy Produce Act, 1929 (Chapter 230) Zambia Repealed (l) prescribing the charges which may be made for any grading or testing under this Act. [As amended by G.N. No. 126 of 1964 and No. 22 of 1972]

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§ 3Penalty ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2Amendment

Anyone who breaks or helps break regulations or orders under this Act, or who wilfully obstructs or resists lawful exercises of powers under it, commits an offence.

3. Penalty Any person who shall contravene or aid or abet the contravention of any regulation made under this Act, or of any order issued under any such regulation, or who shall wilfully obstruct or resist the lawful exercise of any of the powers conferred by this Act or any regulation made thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a ﬁne not exceeding three hundred penalty units, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six months. [As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994] By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 2

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