The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to milk and dairies in England and Wales.
Background The act was a purely consolidating measure: it did not alter the existing law but reproduced in one act provisions previously contained in the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 74) and Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 32), and the Milk and Dairies Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 49), in fulfilment of a pledge given during the passage of the 1914 act.
Provisions Section 21 of the act provided that it was to come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Local Government Board, except that its repeal of the Milk and Dairies Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 49) and the Milk and Dairies Acts Postponement Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 59) took effect immediately on passing. The operation of the remainder of the act was subsequently postponed by section 1 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act 1922 until not before 1 September 1925, and as late as May 1925 its substantive provisions were still described in Parliament as awaiting operation.
Repealed enactments Section 21 of the act repealed the Milk and Dairies Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 49) and the Milk and Dairies Acts Postponement Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 59) with effect from royal assent.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 101(1) of, and part I of the fourth schedule to, the Food and Drugs Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 56), which came into force on 1 October 1939. Part II of the 1938 act, which dealt with milk, dairies and artificial cream, substantially reproduced provisions of this act and of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 54).
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