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Registrar without the direction in writing of the Board, and
all entries shall be made in the order in which the directions
to make the same are received by the Registrar.
(7) The Registrar shall also keep an alphabetical index
of the names of the persons entered in the register, and such
index shall be deemed to be part of the register.
(8) The direction in writing of the Board referred to in
subclause (6) of this clause shall be sufficient if signed by the
Chairman and given pursuant to a resolution of the Board.
15. (1) A copy certified by the Registrar of any entry in
the register shall be prima facie evidence of such entry and of
the facts appearing therein, and a certificate under the hand of
the Registrar of the absence of an entry in the register shall
be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such certificate.
(2) Any person may inspect the register on payment of the
fee hereinafter prescribed.
(3) Any person may, on payment of the fee hereinafter
prescribed, obtain a copy certified under the hand of the
Registrar of the particulars entered in the register in respect of
any person.

QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION.

16. Save as otherwise expressly provided in these regulations, every person shall on application and payment of the
    fee hereinafter prescribed, be entitled to be registered as a
    dairy factory manager who—
    (a) On the coming into force of these regulations is employed
    as manager of a creamery or a cheese-factory or
    both; or
    (b) Though not so employed as provided in paragraph (a)
    hereof, is, by virtue of qualifications and experience,
    in the opinion of the Board competent to perform
    the duties of manager of a creamery or a cheese-
    factory or both:
    and who, in either case,—
    (c) Is in the opinion of the Board of good character and
    reputation.
17. Upon resolving that a person is entitled to be registered
    the Board shall determine whether he is to be registered as
    entitled to a creamery manager’s certificate, a cheese-factory
    manager’s certificate, or a creamery and cheese-factory
    manager’s certificate, according to the provisions of the next
    succeeding clause hereof.
18. (1) If it is decided that a person is entitled to be
    registered solely because he is employed on the coming into
    force of these regulations as manager of both a creamery
    and a cheese-factory he shall be registered as entitled to a
    creamery and cheese-factory manager’s certificate.
    (2) If it is so decided solely because he is employed on the
    date aforesaid as manager of a creamery he shall be registered
    as entitled to a creamery manager’s certificate.
    (3) If it is so decided solely because he is employed on the
    date aforesaid as manager of a cheese-factory he shall be
    registered as entitled to a cheese-factory manager’s certificate.
    (4) If in the opinion of the Board a person is competent
    to perform the duties of manager of both a creamery and a
    cheese-factory he shall be registered as entitled to a creamery
    and cheese-factory manager’s certificate.
    (5) If in the opinion of the Board a person is competent to
    perform the duties of manager of a creamery but not of a
    cheese-factory, or of a cheese-factory but not of a creamery, he
    shall be registered as entitled in the first case to a creamery
    manager’s certificate and in the second case to a cheese-
    factory manager’s certificate.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.

19. (1) Every application for registration under these
    regulations shall be in writing in the form numbered 2 in the
    Schedule hereto, addressed to the Board, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and shall state an address at
    which notices may be served and to which other communications and documents may be forwarded pursuant to these
    regulations.
    (2) Every applicant for registration and every holder of a
    certificate of registration shall notify the Board from time to
    time of any change of the address aforesaid.
    (3) Any notification required by these regulations to be
    served on any applicant for registration (whether before or
    after registration) shall be sufficient if signed by the Registrar
    and posted by registered post addressed to the applicant at
    the address stated by him in his application or any fresh
    address notified by him as hereinbefore provided.
    (4) The Board may require evidence to be furnished to it
    by written statement, declaration of identity, statutory
    declaration, or otherwise of the age, the good character and
    reputation, the competency, the employment or training as
    a dairy-factory manager, or in the manufacture of dairy-
    produce of an applicant for registration or any other matters
    as to which the Board is required to be satisfied as regards any
    applicant for registration.

CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION.

20. (1) Every person registered under these regulations
    shall upon registration and without express application or
    further fee be entitled to receive an appropriate certificate
    of registration.
    (2) Every person registered under these regulations shall
    after the expiration of the certificate issued under subclause
    (1) of this clause be entitled from time to time thereafter on
    application made in writing in the form numbered 4 in the
    Schedule hereto and accompanied by the prescribed fee to
    receive an appropriate certificate of registration.
    (3) Every certificate of registration shall be issued under
    the hand of the Registrar, and shall remain the property
    of the Board, and shall be surrendered on demand in writing
    made by the authority of the Board.
    (4) Every certificate of registration shall be in accordance
    with the form numbered 3 in the Schedule hereto.
    (5) When any certificate has been damaged, lost, or destroyed, a duplicate certificate (endorsed as such) shall be
    issued on payment of the prescribed fee, provided that the
    previous certificate has been returned to the Board or that
    it is proved to the satisfaction of the Board that such previous
    certificate has been lost or destroyed.
21. (1) Every certificate of registration issued on or after
    the 1st day of May in any year and prior to the 1st day of
    August next following shall take effect on such 1st day of
    August and (unless previously revoked) continue in force
    until and including the 31st day of July in the next succeeding
    year:
    Provided that upon the registration of any person on or
    after the 1st day of May in any year and prior to the 1st day
    of August next following there may also be issued to such
    person, if he so desires, a certificate that shall take effect upon
    the issue thereof and (unless previously revoked) continue in
    force until and including the 31st day of July in the same
    year.
    (2) Every certificate of registration issued on or after the
    1st day of August in any year or prior to the 1st day of May
    in any year shall take effect upon the issue thereof and (unless
    previously revoked) continue in force until and including the
    31st day of July next following the issue thereof.

REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM REGISTER.

22. (1) The Board may cause to be removed from the register the name of every person who—
    (a) Is proved to the satisfaction of the Board to have died;
    or
    (b) Has been registered under these regulations in error; or
    (c) Fails to apply for a new certificate of registration
    within three months of the date when the last
    issued certificate expired; or
    (d) Has in the opinion of the Board contravened the provisions of the Dairy-produce General Regulations,
    1933; or
    (e) Is punished by imprisonment for any offence which
    in the opinion of the Board renders him unfit to
    be registered under these regulations; or
    (f) Being the manager of any manufacturing dairy
    registered as a creamery or a cheese-factory, in
    the opinion of the Board makes or causes to be
    made any butter or cheese in that dairy of a quality
    inferior to the quality that could be attained having
    regard to all relevant circumstances; or
    (g) Has been guilty of such improper conduct as renders
    him in the opinion of the Board unfit to be registered under these regulations.
    (2) The powers conferred by paragraphs (d) to (g) inclusive
    of subclause (1) of this clause shall be exercisable in respect
    of the matters therein respectively referred to whether such
    matters shall have taken place before or after the date of
    registration.
23. (1) The Board may direct the amendment of any
    entry in the register indicating the class of certificate to
    which any person is entitled if in its opinion such entry has
    been made in error, and in such case the provisions of clauses
    24 and 25 hereof shall apply with all necessary modifications.
    (2) The Board may direct the cancellation of any entry
    indicating that a person is entitled to a creamery manager’s
    or a cheese-factory manager’s certificate, and direct an
    entry to be made in lieu thereof indicating that such person is
    entitled to a creamery manager’s and cheese-factory manager’s
    certificate if in the opinion of the Board the person concerned
    is competent to perform the duties both of manager of a
    creamery and manager of a cheese-factory:
    Provided always that the person desiring such alteration
    shall apply to the Board and furnish evidence of his competency, and the provisions of these regulations relating to
    registration and applications for registration shall apply
    with all necessary modifications.