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Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, and Imported Goods Orders
made thereunder.
Administration.
Inspections are periodically made of shops and stalls in the
Borough to ascertain whether the provisions of the various Marking
Orders were being carried out. It was found that the Orders with
a few exceptions were being observed. Cautions were administered
in cases of non-observance.
Particular attention was directed to the observance of the
Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 1 Order, 1932. This
Order deals with the marking of the indication of origin of all
imported butters, or blends, or mixtures of butter which contain
imported butter.
Six cases where the requirements of the Order were not
observed were referred to the appropriate committee.
In four instances the committee directed that cautions in
writing be sent to the vendors, and in two instances instructions
were given that summonses be issued.
The proceedings resulted in one vendor being ordered to pay
a fine of 10s. and 17s. 6d. costs, and the summons against the other
was dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, the defendant
being ordered to pay 7s. 6d. costs.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928.
This Act provides for the grading and marking of agricultural
produce, and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries may, by
Regulations, prescribe grade designations as he may consider appropriate
to indicate the quality of any articles of agricultural produce.
Where a grade designation is applied it shall be deemed to be
a term of the contract of sale that the quality of the article accords
with the statutory definition indicated by the grade designation.