CONTROL OF FERTILISERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953

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CONTROL OF FERTILISERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1



1.(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to agree or offer to sell or
dispose of or to expose for sale or to sell or dispose of fertilisers except
under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted under this Act by
the Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as "the Ministry").

(2) It shall not be lawful for any person to agree or offer to acquire or to
acquire fertilisers otherwise than from a person licensed under this Act (in
this Act referred to as a "licensee").

(3) The Ministry may from time to time by regulations exempt from the
provisions of this Act fertilisers of any grade or description specified in
the regulations, including, in particular, fertilisers in respect of which no
grant or subsidy is for the time being payable out of public moneys, and so
long as such regulations remain in force references in this Act (other than
references in this sub-section) to fertilisers shall not include fertilisers
so exempted.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prohibit or restrict

(a)the acceptance by a person carrying on the business of a carrier or
warehouseman, in the ordinary course of that business, of any fertilisers;

(b)the delivery by such a person, in the ordinary course of that business, of
any fertilisers; or

(c)any dealings in fertilisers by or with the Ministry.

(5) It shall be a good defence to proceedings for an offence under sub-section
(2) of this section for the person charged to prove that the person from whom
he acquired or agreed to acquire the fertilisers represented himself to be
licensed for the purposes of this Act and that the person charged had
reasonable grounds for believing the truth of such representation.

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CONTROL OF FERTILISERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1