Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 25th September, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 20 of, and paragraph 5(5) (as amended by section 4 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply) (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 41 of 1996)) of the Schedule to, the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, 1994 (No. 25 of 1994) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) Regulations 1997 (S. I. No. 185 of 1997) are amended by:

(a) substituting for Regulation 4(2) (as amended by the National Milk Agency (Conduct of Elections) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 451 of 2012 )), the following-

"(2)(a) The registered producers who have supplied raw milk for heat treatment for liquid consumption to-

(i) Aurivo Co-operative Society Limited,

(ii) Glanbia Foods Ireland Limited,

(iii) Glenisk Limited,

(iv) Lacpatrick Limited, who previously supplied Town of Monaghan Co-operative Agricultural & Dairy Society Limited

comprise a constituency and are entitled to elect 3 producer members to the Board of the National Milk Agency, and

(b) the registered producers who have supplied raw milk for heat treatment for liquid consumption to-

(i) Relihan Farm Limited trading as Adare Farm,

(ii) Arrabawn Co-operative Society Limited,

(iii) Ardrahan Dairy Products Limited,

(iv) Centenary Thurles Co-operative Society Limited and Thurles Fresh Milk Limited,

(v) Clona Dairy Products Society Limited,

(vi) Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited,

(vii) Dawn Dairies Limited and Kerry Creameries Limited, trading as Kerry Agribusiness,

(viii) Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery Limited,

(ix) North Cork Co-operative Creameries Limited,

(x) Valentia Island Farmhouse Dairy Limited,

(xi) Wexford Creamery Limited

comprise a constituency and are entitled to elect 2 producer members to the Board of the National Milk Agency.

(3) A registered producer may vote in one constituency only.", and

(b) substituting for Regulation 28(1), the following-

"(1) At the hour of 10am, or as soon as possible after that time, on the day next following the day fixed by the returning officer for the close of the poll and at the office of the Agency, the returning officer shall open the ballot boxes.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 September 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to establish constituencies for the election of producer representatives to the Board of the National Milk Agency.