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Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 Local Act Date of assent 1919 No 17 4 November 1919 Contents Title Short Title Interpretation Council to have power to carry on works or business Council to have power to appoint servants, and take or purchase lands, buildings, plant, machinery, etc Power to borrow money Corporation to have monopoly Power to grant, refuse, and revoke licenses Breach of conditions of license Offence by supplier Licensees not to skim milk or sell skimmed milk Power to advance moneys to dairy­farmers Supply of milk from dairies in and adjacent to the city [Repealed] Council may subsidize visiting nurses Council may supply milk to the poor Finance Offences Powers of inspectors Power to make by­laws Provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act as to by­laws to apply Powers to be additional Repeals Page 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 1 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 An Act to confer Additional Powers on the Corporation of the City of Wellington in relation to the Inspection and Control of the Milk­supply of the City of Wellington and other Matters.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— Short Title This Act may be cited as the Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919.
Interpretation In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,— City means the City of Wellington or any city of which it shall form part Corporation means the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington Council means the Wellington City Council Dairy means a farm, stockyard, milking­yard, paddock, shed, stable, stall, and any other place where cows are depastured, milked, or kept Dairy: this deﬁnition was amended, as from 1 April 1927, by section 23(1) Wellington City Milk­supply Amendment Act 1926 (1926 No 4(L)) by omitting the words “(a) a milk­house, milk­shop, dairy, factory, or any other place where milk is collected, deposited, treated, separated, prepared, or manufactured, or is sold or offered or exposed for sale; and includes (b).” District Fund means the District Fund as deﬁned by the Municipal Corporations Act 1908 Prescribed means prescribed by by­law made under the provisions of this Act Milk includes cream, but does not include condensed or dried milk The Milk­supply Regulations, 1918, means the regulations cited as such and made under the War Regulations Act 1914, on the tenth day of September, nineteen hundred and eighteen.
1 2 2 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 s 4 3 4 Council to have power to carry on works or business It shall be lawful for the Council to do all or any of the following things:— (a) To buy and sell milk, and to manufacture and sell butter and other milk­products and ice: To provide for the storage in cool chambers of milk, butter, and other products of milk, and other articles of human food of whatsoever kind or nature: Generally to carry on the business of a dealer in milk and butter: To buy and sell fodder for dairy cattle, and dairy uten­ sils: To carry on business as a dairy­farmer.
(b) (c) (d) (e) Council to have power to appoint servants, and take or purchase lands, buildings, plant, machinery, etc For the purposes of this Act the Council may from time to time, in such manner and on such terms as it thinks ﬁt,— (a) Appoint managers, engineers, agents, workmen, ser­ vants, and inspectors: Purchase or lease or take under the provisions of the Public Works Act 1908, or otherwise acquire any land required for the purposes of this Act, and sell and dis­ pose of the same when no longer required, and purchase or sell stock: Construct, erect, lease, or purchase any buildings, plant, machinery, tramways, railway­sidings, and other appli­ ances or works of any description, and sell or otherwise dispose of the same when no longer required: (b) (c) (d) Maintain and work any such buildings, plant, machin­ ery, tramway, railway­siding, or other appliances re­ quired for the manufacture, supply, transport, and de­ livery of milk, butter, and other products as aforesaid; or for providing cool storage for milk, butter, and other products of milk, and other articles of human food of whatsoever kind or nature.
Section 4 was amended, as from 1 April 1927, by section 23(2) Wellington City Milk­supply Amendment Act 1926 (1926 No 4(L)) by substituting the words “this Act” for the words “the last preceding section”.
3 s 5 5 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 for to provide funds Power to borrow money the payment of all In order compensation­moneys or purchase­moneys payable in respect of any land or buildings or stock taken or purchased as aforesaid, or for the construction or erection or acquisition of buildings, plant, machinery, tramways, railway­sidings, or other appliances or works required for the purposes of this Act, or for advances to farmers supplying milk to the Corporation, or for moneys provided from the District Fund for all or any of the foregoing purposes, the Council may from time to time borrow moneys by way of special loan raised under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1913, by special order and without taking the steps described in sections eight to twelve of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1913.
(c) Corporation to have monopoly 6 (1) After the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person, whether as principal, agent, or otherwise (other than the Corporation and its servants or agents),— (a) (b) To sell milk in the city; or To deliver milk in the city in pursuance of a contract of sale made, whether within the borough or elsewhere; or To bring into the city for use, consumption, or sale milk purchased outside the city; or To have milk in his possession for sale in the city— (d) save under a license issued in that behalf by the Council and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall make it an offence to sell milk for consumption on the premises of the seller, or to have possession of milk for the purposes of such a sale, provided such milk is purchased from the Council or its licensees.
Every license granted under the Milk­supply Regulations 1918, which is subsisting or in force on the commencement of this Act shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, enure for the purposes of this Act as fully and effectually as if it had been granted under this Act, and accordingly shall, when necessary, be deemed to have been so granted.
The period of every such license is hereby extended until the eighth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty­two, (3) (4) 4 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 s 10 subject to the due observance and performance of the terms and conditions of such license.

The term of the several agreements made between the Corporation and the milk­vendors is hereby extended until the eighth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty­two.
Power to grant, refuse, and revoke licenses For the purpose of securing for the inhabitants of the city an adequate supply of milk of good quality and at a reasonable price the Council may, subject to the provisions of section six hereof, grant, refuse, or revoke any such license as aforesaid, and may, in granting any such license, grant it on such terms and conditions as the Council thinks proper for the purposes aforesaid.
By such terms and conditions the Council may limit the exercise of the license to a speciﬁed portion of the city only.

(5) 7 (1) (2) (3) Any person dissatisﬁed with the decision of the Council in refusing to grant or in revoking or cancelling any license under this section may appeal on summons to a Judge in Chambers, and the decision of such Judge on such appeal shall be ﬁnal.
8 9 Breach of conditions of license Every person who is knowingly concerned in any breach, by himself or any other person, of the terms or conditions of any such license as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable accordingly.
Offence by supplier Every person who wilfully commits any breach of contract with the Corporation in respect of the sale or delivery of milk, and every other person who is knowingly concerned in any such breach, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable accordingly.
Licensees not to skim milk or sell skimmed milk 10 (1) No person licensed to sell milk under the provisions of this Act, or the servant or agent of such licensee, shall treat any milk so that the same shall be deemed to be adulterated within 5 s 11 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 the meaning of section ﬁfteen of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1908.
(2) No person licensed to sell milk under the provisions of this Act, or the servant or agent of such licensee, shall sell or have in his possession for sale any milk that is in such a condition that it is deemed to be adulterated under the provisions of section ﬁfteen of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1908.
11 (1) (2) Power to advance moneys to dairy­farmers The Council may, out of moneys belonging to the Milk Account, advance moneys to any dairy­farmer supplying milk to the Corporation under contract for the purposes of improving the conditions relating to the production of milk on his dairy, the purchase of stock and plant, the provision of water­supply, the sanitary improvement of the dairy, or the construction of necessary buildings and erections for dairy purposes.
Such advances may be secured on instruments by way of security under the Chattels Transfer Act 1908, over stock, with or without collateral security by way of ﬁrst or second mortgage of land, or on ﬁrst mortgage of land.

(4) (3) No advance shall exceed in amount sixty per centum of the value of stock and land comprised in the instrument by way of security or mortgage and over which such instrument or mortgage is a ﬁrst charge.
The value of stock comprised in any security and the value of land comprised in any mortgage shall be ﬁxed by a valuer appointed by the Council, and his report as to value shall be conclusive.
Every instrument by way of security and every mortgage securing moneys advanced under the provisions of this Act shall contain the following covenants on the part of the borrower:— (a) To expend the moneys advanced for one or more of the purposes speciﬁed in subsection one of this section: To use and cultivate his farm as a dairy according to the best practice obtaining in his district: (5) (b) 6 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 s 15 (c) (d) To supply to the Corporation under contract executed before or contemporaneously with any such instrument or mortgage all milk produced on his farm, provision being made in each case for a minimum daily supply under such contract: Such other reasonable covenants as the Council thinks ﬁt.
Every such instrument shall, in addition to usual conditions as to repayment, provide that all moneys owing shall be repayable immediately on default in observance or performance of any of the covenants mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection ﬁve of this section.
Supply of milk from dairies in and adjacent to the city [Repealed] Section 12 was repealed, as from 1 April 1927, by section 23(3) Wellington City Milk­supply Amendment Act 1926 (1926 No 4(L)), and the licenses granted thereunder were revoked.
Council may subsidize visiting nurses The Council may, subject to the approval of the Minister charged with the administration of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1909, pay out of its District Fund such money as it thinks ﬁt to such persons as it thinks ﬁt for the assistance and development of any scheme to provide visiting nurses for the city.
Council may supply milk to the poor The Council may, out of its District Fund, purchase milk for the purpose of supplying the same to the poor, and may supply the same free or at such reduced charges as it thinks ﬁt to such persons as it thinks ﬁt.

(6) 12 13 14 Finance 15 (1) All moneys received under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into a separate account, to be called The Milk Account, and all expenses of administering this Act shall be paid out of that account.
7 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 The provisions of section one hundred and eight of the Municipal Corporations Act 1908, shall extend and apply to the separate account kept under this Act.
(b) Offences Every person is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding twenty dollars who, directly or indirectly, by himself, his agent, or servant,— Resists or wilfully obstructs any ofﬁcer under this Act (a) in the performance of his duty; or Refuses to give information or gives false information in answer to any inquiry made by any such ofﬁcer in the performance of his duty; or (c) Commits any breach of any of the provisions of this Act.
Reference to “twenty dollars” substituted for reference to “ten pounds”, as from 10 July 1967, pursuant to section 7(1) Decimal Currency Act 1964 (1964 No 27).

Powers of inspectors Inspectors under this Act appointed with the approval of the Minister of Public Health shall, so far as relates to the milk­supply of the city, have the powers of an ofﬁcer within the meaning of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1908.
Power to make by­laws The Council may, subject to the approval of the Minister of Public Health, make by­laws for the following purposes:— (a) For securing the sanitary construction and cleanliness of dairies and milk­shops, and of milk­vessels used in dairies and milk­shops, within the city: Prescribing precautions to be taken for protecting milk against deterioration, infection, or contamination, and regulating or prohibiting the sale of milk in cases where the public health would be likely to be endangered by such sale: (c) Prohibiting the sale or purchase of milk except for coupons issued by the Corporation: Providing for the issue and control of such coupons.
(e) Paragraph (c) was repealed, as from 1 April 1927, by section 23(4) Wellington City Milk­supply Amendment Act 1926 (1926 No 4(L)).

(b) (d) s 16 (2) 16 17 18 8 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1919 s 21 19 20 21 Provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act as to by­laws to apply The provisions of sections three hundred and forty­eight to three hundred and ﬁfty­one inclusive of the Municipal Corporations Act 1908, shall be read together with and form part of this Act.
Powers to be additional The powers to make by­laws vested in the Council by the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to all powers to make by­laws or to make regulations which are now or hereafter may be vested in the Council under or by virtue of the Municipal Corporations Act 1908, or any other Act.
Repeals The Wellington City Milk­supply Act 1910, sections three and six of the Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Act 1911, and the Wellington City Milk­supply Amendment Act 1914, are hereby repealed.

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