Agriculture Act 1970

1 Interpretation of Part I

In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—

• " accounting period " means—

  (a)

  the period beginning with 28th March 1971 and ending with 1st April 1972;

  (b)

  any subsequent period appointed by the Authority as an accounting period, being a period of such duration not exceeding fifteen months as may be so appointed beginning with 2nd April 1972 or with the date thereafter of the day after that with which the last preceding accounting period ends ;

• " authorised officer ", in relation to any function, means an officer of the Authority authorised by the Authority to act in connection with that function and, in relation to Northern Ireland, except when qualified by the words " of the Authority ", includes an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland acting in connection with that function with the authority of that Ministry on behalf of the Authority, being in either case an officer with written evidence of his authority which he shall produce on request at any time while acting thereunder;

• " the Authority " means the Eggs Authority constituted under section 2 of this Act;

• " egg products " means any product which is obtained to any substantial extent, with or without any process of manufacture, from eggs, being, except when qualified by the word " imported ", a product so obtained in the United Kingdom from eggs laid in the United Kingdom;

• " eggs " means eggs in shell laid by domestic fowls, being, except when qualified by the word " imported ", eggs so laid in the United Kingdom;

• " independent member of the Authority " means a member of the Authority appointed by virtue of section 2(2)(a) of this Act;

• " marketing ", in relation to eggs or egg products, does not include the sale by retail of eggs or egg products purchased by the seller for the purpose of such sale;

• " the Minister " means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• " the Ministers ", except in section 25 of this Act, means the Minister, the Secretary of State for Wales, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland and, in the case of anything falling to be done by the Ministers, means those Ministers acting jointly;

• " producer " means a person engaged by way of business in the production of eggs.