MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (DAIRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE) (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER

under s. 4

G.N. 31/1973

1.    Citation

    This Order may be cited as the Milk and Milk Products (Dairy Advisory Committee) (Establishment) Order.

2.    Establishment of a Dairy Advisory Committee

    A Dairy Advisory Committee for the Southern Region, to be known as the Southern Region Dairy Advisory Committee, is hereby established.

MALAWI DAIRY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER

under s. 6

G.N. 45/1987

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Citation

    This Order may be cited as the Malawi Dairy Industries Corporation (Establishment) Order.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Order—

    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation appointed under paragraph 4.

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE MALAWI DAIRY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION

3.    Establishment of the Corporation

    There is hereby established a body to be known as the Malawi Dairy Industries Corporation which shall—

    (a)    be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;

    (b)    in its corporate name, be capable of suing and being sued;

    (c)    be capable of holding, purchasing and otherwise acquiring and disposing of any property, moveable or immoveable, for the purposes, or in the course, of carrying out its functions; and

    (d)    be capable of doing and performing all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and perform.

4.    Board of the Corporation

    The operations of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by a Board of Directors which, subject to the special or general directions of the Minister, may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.

5.    Composition of the Board

    (1) The Board shall consist of—

    (a)    one member appointed by the Minister and designated by him as chairman of the Board;

    (b)    two members appointed by the Minister from the private sector, one as representative of the retail trade, and the other as representative of consumers, of dairy products;

    (c)    two members representing the interests of producers appointed by the Minister, one as representative of smallholder producers and the other as representative of estate producers, of dairy products;

    (d)    the following ex officio members—

        (i)    the Secretary for Agriculture or his representative;

        (ii)    the Secretary to the Treasury or his representative;

        (iii)    the Secretary to the President and Cabinet or his representative; and

        (iv)    the Secretary for Trade, Industry and Tourism or his representative;

        (v)    the Chief Veterinary Officer.

    (2) A member of the Board shall, subject to the power of the Minister at any time to terminate the appointment of that member, or unless he otherwise ceases to be a member, hold office for such period, not exceeding two years, as the Minister may specify in the instrument of appointment or, if no such period is specified, for a period of two years from the date of his appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

    (3) Any member of the Board may at any time resign his membership by giving notice in writing to the Minister, and from the date specified in the notice he shall cease to be a member of the Board.

    (4) A member of the Board shall be paid out of the funds of the Corporation such allowance as the Minister may from time to time determine.

    (5) Upon the appointment of the Board and upon every appointment thereto of a member, the Minister shall cause notice of such appointment to be published in the Gazette and such notice shall specify the current membership of the Board resultant upon such appointment.

    (6) Where any member of the Board ceases to be a member before the normal expiration of the term of his office, the Minister may appoint another person in his stead to hold office until the expiry of the term.

    (7) In subparagraphs (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this paragraph—

    “member” means a member of the Board who is not an ex officio member.

6.    Procedure at meeting of the Board

    (1) The Board shall meet at such times and places as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business.

    (2) At any meeting of the Board five members thereof shall constitute a quorum.

    (3) The Board may elect any member thereof to be vice-chairman of the Board.

    (4) At any meeting of the Board the chairman shall preside or, in the absence of the chairman, if a vice-chairman has been elected the vice-chairman shall preside or, if no vice-chairman has been elected or if the vice-chairman is also absent, the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to be chairman for that meeting.

    (5) In the event of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.

    (6) Minutes in proper form of each meeting of the Board shall be…