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is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act, and such reserve shall hereafter form part of the Ataahua Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Ataahua Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE 3704, Block III, Ellesmere Survey District: Area, 1 acre, more or less.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 1/96.)

Regulations under the Poultry Act, 1924, relating to the Marketing of Chilled Eggs.—(Notice No. 49, 3320.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of August, 1935.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

Pursuant to the Poultry Act, 1924, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

PRELIMINARY.

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Chilled Eggs (Marketing) Regulations, 1935.
   (2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette.
   (3) In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “Approved cool store” means a cool store approved under these regulations:
   “Cool store” means any premises in which any eggs are deposited or stored for the purpose of being chilled:
   “Director” means the Director of the Live-stock Division of the Department of Agriculture:
   “Eggs” mean the eggs of domestic fowls and ducks:
   “Owner” means any owner of eggs and includes the agent of any such owner, and also includes, in the case of a company, the managing director, manager, secretary, or other principal officer of the company in New Zealand.
   (4) These regulations shall apply to eggs intended for sale for human consumption in New Zealand.

COOL STORES.

2. (1) No person shall use for the purpose of chilling eggs any premises other than an approved cool store.
   (2) No person shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any other person any eggs for the purpose of being chilled in any premises other than an approved cool store.

3. The owner or occupier of any premises who desires to use such premises for the purpose of chilling eggs shall apply in writing to the Director for approval of such premises as a cool store under these regulations.

4. (1) No premises shall be approved as a cool store under these regulations unless in the opinion and to the satisfaction of the Director they are—
   (a) Equipped with all necessary appliances for controlling the temperature of the eggs deposited therein:
   (b) Sanitary, and in all other respects reasonably suitable for use as an approved cool store.
   (2) For the purposes of these regulations no premises shall be deemed to be reasonably suitable for use as an approved cool store unless any portion thereof used or intended to be used for the storage of articles likely to affect the quality of eggs deposited in a cool store is effectively separated from the portion thereof used or intended to be used for the deposit of eggs for the purpose of being chilled whether exclusively or together with its use for other purposes.

5. Upon receipt of any application for approval of any premises as a cool store the Director shall, upon being satisfied that the requirements of these regulations are complied with in respect of the premises described in such application, allot to the premises a number to distinguish such premises from any other premises so approved as a cool store, and shall thereupon notify the applicant of the approval number allotted in respect of the premises described in his application.

6. Notification to the owner or occupier of any premises of the approval number allotted in respect of such premises shall be deemed to be notification by the Director of the approval of such premises as a cool store under these regulations.

7. The owner or occupier of an approved cool store shall cause his cool store to be at all times maintained in an efficient and sanitary state for the purposes for which it is approved, and in all other respects reasonably suitable as aforesaid for use as an approved cool store.

8. The approval of any premises as an approved cool store may be revoked by the Director by writing addressed to the owner or occupier of the cool store in any of the following events:—
   (a) If the owner or occupier of the cool store so requests:
   (b) If, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding such revocation, the owner or occupier of the cool store has been convicted of any offence or offences under these regulations.

9. A certificate under the hand of the Director relating to any premises shall be prima facie evidence that such premises are, or, as the case may be, are not, for the time being or at any time mentioned in such certificate approved as a cool store under these regulations.

EGGS FOR COOL STORAGE.

10. No person shall deliver or cause to be delivered to an approved cool store for the purpose of being chilled any eggs of which he is the owner and which are not of the standard of quality hereinafter prescribed.

11. No person, being the owner or occupier of an approved cool store, shall deposit in his cool store for the purpose of being chilled any eggs of which he is the owner and which are not of the standard of quality hereinafter prescribed.

12. No person, being the owner or occupier of an approved cool store, shall accept delivery at his cool store for the purpose of being chilled any eggs of which he is not the owner and which are not accompanied by the certificate of the owner of the eggs pursuant to clause 15 of these regulations.

13. All eggs intended for deposit in an approved cool store shall be of the standard of quality of an egg, the shell of which is free from stain and dirt, the yolk of which is translucent, firm, and free from blood spots, and in which no process of putrefaction and no development of the ovum has begun.

14. Every person shall, before delivery of any eggs to, or deposit of any eggs in, an approved cool store for the purpose of being chilled, test or cause to be tested all eggs of which he is the owner by the process known as candling for the purpose of determining whether they are of the standard of quality prescribed in the last preceding clause hereof.

15. In every case in which the owner or occupier of an approved cool store is not the owner of any eggs intended to be deposited in his cool store for the purpose of being chilled, the owner of the eggs shall deliver the eggs in a package bearing some distinctive mark of identification, and shall on delivery at the cool store of such eggs deliver to the owner or occupier of the cool store a certificate, signed by the owner of the eggs, identifying the package, setting out the number of eggs contained in the package, and certifying that such eggs have been tested for quality as required by the Chilled Eggs (Marketing) Regulations, 1935, and are of the standard of quality prescribed by the said regulations. Any such certificate may be in or to the effect of the form set out in the Schedule hereto.

STAMPING OF CHILLED EGGS FOR SALE.

16. Forthwith after delivery to, or deposit in, an approved cool store of any eggs, the owner or occupier of the cool store shall stamp or cause to be stamped all such eggs with the word “Chilled” and with the approval number allotted to his cool store.

17. The word “Chilled” and the approval number shall be borne on the shell in indelible ink, and the said words shall be in bold-faced sans serif capital letters of not less size than six points face-measurement. The approval number shall be of not less size than the size prescribed for the word “Chilled,” and shall appear on the shell below the said word “Chilled.”

18. The provisions of clauses 16 and 17 hereof shall not apply to any eggs which are delivered to or deposited in an approved cool store by or on behalf of any baker or pastrycook for the purposes of his business as a baker or pastrycook and not for sale.

19. Subject to the provisions of the last preceding clause hereof, no person shall deliver from an approved cool store for sale, offer, or expose for sale or have in his possession for sale any chilled eggs unless such eggs have been stamped on the shell as required by these regulations.

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