Food Act 1984

34Registration

(1)Milk and Dairies Regulations—

(a)may provide for the registration of persons carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the trade of a dairyman and for the registration of dairies, and for prohibiting any person from carrying on that trade unless he and any premises used by him as a dairy are duly registered; and

(b)shall provide for the registration by the Minister of dairy farms and of persons carrying on, or proposing to carry on, the trade of a dairy farmer.

(2)Regulations made for the purposes of this section may make special provision—

(a)for the registration of premises used temporarily as dairies or dairy farms, and of the occupiers of such premises;

(b)for the removal from the register of such premises and occupiers at the expiry of the period for which the registration is effected.

(3)Part I of Schedule 2 has effect, subject to subsection (5), with respect to refusing or cancelling the registration of dairymen.

(4)Subject to subsection (5), regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall provide in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2 for dealing with the refusal and cancellation of any such registration as is mentioned in that paragraph.

(5)Schedule 2 does not apply to registration in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of subsection (2), or to persons registered or applying to be registered under them.