Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1937
In short
This law amends previous Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, primarily by excluding wheat used for biscuit flour from calculations of milled wheat and clarifying how certain debts to the Minister are recovered.
What it regulates
- The calculation of wheat milled into flour at licensed mills.
- The use of flour derived from wheat in the manufacture of biscuits.
- The recovery of sums payable to the Minister under the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933.
- The expenses incurred by the Minister in implementing this Act.
Who it concerns
- Holders of milling licences for mills.
- Persons engaged in the business of manufacturing biscuits for sale wholesale.
- The Minister for Industry and Commerce and the Minister for Finance.
Key points
- Wheat milled into flour specifically for biscuit manufacturing can be excluded from the total quantity of wheat milled for the purposes of the Acts, if the Minister approves.
- Any sum payable to the Minister under specific paragraphs of section 30 of the 1933 Act is considered a debt and can be recovered in court.
- Expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying out this Act will be paid from public funds, subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance.
- This Act is to be read together with the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1936.
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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1937 Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1937 Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1937 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 27 of 1937. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1937. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Definitions. 2. Exclusion of wheat milled into flour used in the manufacture of biscuits in calculating quantity of wheat milled into flour at licensed mills. 3. Amendment of section 30 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933. 4. Expenses of the Minister. 5. Short title and collective citation. Acts Referred to Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 No. 7 of 1933 Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934 No. 41 of 1934 Number 27 of 1937. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1937. AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) ACTS, 1933 TO 1936, BY PROVIDING FOR THE EXCLUSION OF WHEAT, THE FLOUR DERIVED FROM WHICH IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BISCUITS, IN CALCULATING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SAID ACTS, THE QUANTITY OF WHEAT MILLED AT MILLS LICENSED UNDER THE SAID ACTS, AND TO AMEND SECTION 30 OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) ACT, 1933 . [12th November, 1937.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions. 1.—In this Act— the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; the expression “the Acts” means the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1936; the expressions “milling licence”, “preliminary quota period” and “quota year” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Acts. Exclusion of wheat milled into flour used in the manufacture of biscuits in calculating quantity of wheat milled into flour at licensed mills. 2.—Where the holder of a milling licence in respect of a mill satisfies the Minister that the flour, derived from a specified amount of wheat milled into flour at such mill during the preliminary quota period or any quota year for such mill, has been, or is intended to be, used in the manufacture of biscuits by a person engaged in the business of manufacturing biscuits for sale wholesale, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, direct that, in calculating for any of the purposes of the Acts the amount of wheat milled into flour at such mill during the preliminary quota period or such quota year (as the case may be), a quantity of wheat equal to the said specified amount shall not be taken into account, and any such direction shall have effect according to the tenor thereof. Amendment of section 30 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933. 3.— Section 30 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933), as amended by section 9 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934 (No. 41 of 1934), is hereby amended by the insertion in sub-section
(1)of the said section 30 of the following additional paragraph, that is to say:— “(
- d)any sum payable to the Minister under paragraph (
- a)or paragraph (
- b)of this sub-section shall be a debt due and payable to the Minister and may be recovered as a simple contract debt in a court of competent jurisdiction,” and the said section 30 shall be construed and have effect accordingly. Expenses of the Minister. 4.—All expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into effect shall, to such extent as shall be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. Short title and collective citation. 5.—This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1937, and the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1936, and this Act may be cited together as the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1937. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais