(1) Every person who
sells an animal feeding stuff, whatever may be the name under which it is sold
and whether paid for at the time of sale or not, shall give the purchaser on
or before delivery, or within 7 days thereafter, a statement in writing, in
this Part referred to as an invoice, in such form, if any, as may be
prescribed, containing the following particulars —
(a) the
name and place of business of the seller; and
(b) the
name under which the animal feeding stuff is sold; and
(c) such
particulars, if any, of the nature, substance, or quality as are prescribed in
relation to that animal feeding stuff.
(2) The obligation
imposed by subsection (1) shall not apply —
(a) to
sales of 2 or more animal feeding stuffs which are mixed at the request of the
purchaser before delivery to him; or
(b) to
sales of small quantities (that is to say, sales in quantities of such amount
as is prescribed in relation to that animal feeding stuff, or of any lesser
amount) if the animal feeding stuff is taken in the presence of the purchaser
from a container marked or labelled in a conspicuous manner with the
particulars required by this section to be contained in the invoice.
[Section 57 amended: No. 69 of 1982 s. 9; No. 3 of
1995 s. 50 and 56; No. 9 of 1998 s. 23.]