S.I. No. 262/1960:

HOME-GROWN WHEAT (NATIONAL PERCENTAGE FOR CEREAL YEAR 1961-62) ORDER, 1960.

HOME-GROWN WHEAT (NATIONAL PERCENTAGE FOR CEREAL YEAR 1961-62) ORDER, 1960.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 (No. 26 of 1935), that the Minister for Agriculture, after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce, shall before the commencement of every cereal year, make, not later than eight months before the commencement of such cereal year, an order fixing for the purposes of the said Section 6 a percentage in respect of such cereal year:

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Agriculture has consulted with the Minister for Industry and Commerce in regard to the making of this Order:

NOW, THEREFORE, I Patrick Smith, Minister for Agriculture, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 , (No. 26 of 1935), and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said sub-section do hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Wheat (National Percentage for Cereal Year 1961-62) Order, 1960.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. For the purposes of Section 6 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 , the percentage in respect of the cereal year commencing on the 1st day of September, 1961, shall be seventy-five per cent.

GIVEN under my Seal of Office this 20th day of December, 1960.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Order requires licensed millers to mill 75 per cent. of their milling quotas in the form of home-grown wheat during the cereal year ending 31st August, 1962.